When the Hughes Fire first started Wednesday morning ... spread because we are looking at 32-mph winds as we speak," LA County Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher Berkoh said that day.

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The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning and in ... fire erupted in the late afternoon in the wealthy enclave of La Jolla near the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.

Fire crews were quick to jump on the rapidly-spreading Hughes Fire, with firefighting aircraft executing water and retardant drops as the flames spread across dry brush in dangerously low humidity.

The Hughes fire ignited about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los Angeles, near Castaic Lake, in a mountainous area that borders several residential areas and schools. It has grown to more than ...

Wildfires in California are occurring with greater frequency, causing more destruction, and increasingly igniting in unexpected locations and ...

The Hughes Fire grew to more than 10,000 acres in several hours on Wednesday 22 January, fuelled by winds and dry brush. The California Fire Department has called the blaze an "immediate threat to ...

which were issued in LA County by noon before being expanded to include some of neighboring Ventura County. On Friday, the Hughes Fire was an estimated 10,396 acres and 56% contained, Cal Fire ...