Wildfires have continued to rage in Los Angeles County for over two weeks, with a new fire named the Hughes Fire, which broke out early on Jan. 22 in the north, rapidly expanding to more than 10,000 acres.
The Hughes Fire started in a mountainous region about 50 miles north of L.A., and has forced the mandatory evacuation of around 31,000 people, with a total of 4,000 firefighters tackling it from the air and ground.
As of Jan. 24, it was 36 percent contained.
The wildfires, starting around Jan. 7, were fuelled mainly by strong wind gusts of 100 miles per hour and sustained winds of 83 miles per hour in some places, coupled with low humidity, which quickly ignited into six devastating fires. The total area of destruction now reached is 76 square miles….