The first priority for firefighters tackling the devastating Los Angeles wildfires was to stop them spreading. This process, known as containment, saved many neighborhoods from the blazes that left at least 28 people dead and destroyed more than 16,

Six wildfires are burning in Southern California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Firefighters stopped the expansion of a new wildfire north of Los Angeles on ... earlier in the day, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. At one point, 31,000 people were under ...

Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.

But as Los Angeles grapples with blazes that have ... would be subject to the new rules because they are deemed at highest fire risk by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire, driven by hurricane-force winds that spread embers ...

The fire broke out on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The post Aerial view of Hughes Fire near Los Angeles appeared first on Talker.

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The Hughes Fire, reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Castaic Lake, prompted evacuation of a 280-square-mile area north of Los Angeles. The map above shows the mandatory evacuation area in red and the approximate perimeter as a black line.

Santa Ana winds will continue whipping through Southern California through Thursday, sparking fears that progress made fighting wildfires that have scorched over 40,000 acres and left 28 dead could be reversed and more blazes could break out.