Los Angeles County, Hughes Fire

Update: 10,425 acres affected in Los Angeles County by Hughes Fire, still 90% contained
Hughes Fire initially started 10:53 a.m. Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 10,425 acres after being active for four days. By Sunday morning, the fire crew succeeded in containing 90% of the wildfire. The cause is, however, still being investigated.
Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
The Hughes Fire near Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was 24% contained on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.
Map: See containment updates for 3 largest fires still burning in Los Angeles County
The Eaton Fire is almost completely contained in the Altadena area northeast of Los Angeles. On the LA County coast, the Palisades Fire is over three-fourths contained. The Hughes Fire, which broke out in the Lake Castaic area Wednesday north of Los Angeles, is over 50% contained.
Update: Palisades Fire 87% contained, 23,448 acres burned in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 19 days. A crew of 1,859 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 87% of the fire by Sunday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.
Hughes Fire in LA County burns 10,000 acres, evacuations lifted as containment rises
Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

Los Angeles, Rain

Expect Los Angeles’ multibillion-dollar fire recovery to bring fraud, abuse and more misfortune
Law enforcement and prosecutors are geared up for scammers who are expected to exploit relief for victims of the Palisades ...
Massive new Los Angeles-area fire balloons as winds pick up
By David Swanson and Brendan O'Brien CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -Powerful winds and bone-dry conditions could pose a ...
Blaze-Stricken Los Angeles Contends With Fresh Fires, Resurgent Winds
Red-flag warnings for dangerous fire weather are in place until Friday.
Aerial attack helps firefighters maintain the upper hand on a huge fire north of Los Angeles
Overnight water drops helped stop the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles.
What Los Angeles Could Learn From Great Fires of the Past
In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...
The Los Angeles fire zones are now facing mudslide threats
As residents throughout the Los Angeles area deal with the unfathomable disaster that remains after the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, a new threat is looming over the weekend. Officials ...
Risk rises for mudslides around L.A. County fire zones, prepare for worst-case scenario, officials warn
Thunderstorms and heavier showers are most likely to occur early Sunday through Monday afternoon, raising the risk of debris ...
From fire alerts to flood watches: Rain brings relief to Southern California firefighters, but with a caveat
Rain was falling across Southern California on Sunday, bringing some relief to thousands of firefighters who have been battling multiple major wildfires in the LA area.