Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active.
A fire broke out Wednesday night along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass near the Getty Center, burning about 20 acres and spurring an evacuation warning.
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities
The National Weather Service is forecasting another Particularly Dangerous Situation red flag warning and extreme fire weather.
There are no evacuation orders in place now for the Eaton and Sepulveda Fires in LA County or the Clay Fire in Riverside County.
The National Weather Service has issued another rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in anticipation of Monday's Santa Ana wind event.
LOS ANGELES ... the National Weather Service. There will be another increase in northeast winds Wednesday night into Thursday. The red-flag warning applies for a large swath of Southern California ...
Wednesday, 12:25 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire grew to 3,407 acres, according to Cal Fire, with evacuation orders extending to the community of Castaic and evacuation warnings stretching to the northernmost parts of Santa Clarita, which had an estimated population of 224,028 in 2023.
Numerous wildfires have ignited in southern California this month, killing at least 27 people and spanning thousands of acres.
CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put under evacuation orders or warnings.