Evacuations ordered as new fast-moving wildfire threatens mountain homes north of Los Angeles
Plumes of smoke caused by the Hughes Fire rise over Castaic, Calf., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new fast-moving wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured another round of dangerous winds ahead of possible rain over the weekend.
The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and quickly ripped through 3 1/2 square miles (9 square kilometers) of trees and brush, sending up a huge plume of dark smoke near Lake Castaic, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that are burning for a third week.
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