Firefighters are battling to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly-moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles.
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A firefighter sets out fire hoses to fight the Hughes Fire in Castaic, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Smoke fills the sky during a wildfire on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 in Castaic, Calif. Andrew Aguilar spray water from the top of the roof at his brother's home Castaic, Calif., as a large plume of smoke caused by the Hughes Fire rises from Castaic Lake Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Firefighters walk along a mountainside to battle the spread of the Hughes Fire in Castaic, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Fire Crews stage under the Hughes Fire Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Castaic, Calif.
A firefighter carries a drip torch as he ignites a backfire against the Hughes Fire burning along a hillside in Castaic, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. More than 31,000 people have been ordered to evacuate from the Hughes Fire, and another 23,000 are under evacuation warnings, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said. There were no reports of homes or other structures burned.A 30-mile stretch of the major north-south artery had been closed for emergency vehicles, to move equipment and to prevent accidents due to smoke billowing across it.
“Other people are hosing down their houses, too. I hope there's a house here to return to,” Amara said as police cars raced through the streets and flames engulfed trees on a hillside in the distance.
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