L.A. live fire updates: Hughes fire rages on as red flag warning continues into Thursday
The Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires are the latest blazes in a nerve-racking week as Southern California heads into a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.
Hughes fire
Evacuations: L.A. County has issued evacuation orders for areas around Castaic Lake. This zone roughly encompasses the area east of Lake Piru and the Ventura County border, west of Bouquet Canyon Road, south of Sandberg and north of Castaic Junction.
Ventura County issued an evacuation order for an area east of Lake Piru and west of Interstate 5.
Most updated evacuation instructions can be found here and here.
Road Closures included Ridge Route Road at Lake Hughes Road, Ridge Route Road at Templin Highway, Lake Hughes Road at Pine Canyon Road, Dry Gulch Road at San Francisquito Canyon Motorway; the Parker Road and Lake Hughes Road off-ramps were closed on the northbound 5 Freeway.
Interstate 5 was closed in both directions along its Grapevine section earlier in the day, but the roadway reopened Wednesday evening.
More road closure information can be found here.
Laguna fire
- Evacuations: California State University Channel Islands and University Glen.
- Road closures: Potrero Road. Officials urge the public to avoid the area.
Palisades fire
- Containment: The fire was 72% contained as of Thursday morning. It has burned more than 23,400 acres.
- Damage: Officials have confirmed, so far, 6,662 structures have been destroyed and 890 damaged.
- Lives lost: Officials have confirmed that 11 people are dead from the Palisades fire.
- Evacuations: Some mandatory evacuation zones have been reopened to residents. Details here. Residents must bring a valid photo ID that shows their name, photo and physical address, such as a driver’s license, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. But most of Pacific Palisades and parts of communities including Malibu, Brentwood and Topanga remained under evacuation orders Tuesday.
Eaton fire
- Containment: The fire was 95% contained as of 7 p.m. Wednesday. It has burned more than 14,000 acres.
- Damage: Officials have so far tallied 9,418 structures destroyed and 1,073 damaged.
- Lives lost: Officials have confirmed 17 are dead from the Eaton fire.
- Evacuations: Evacuation orders have been lifted for some portions of south Altadena. And “soft closures” were in place in other areas within the mandatory evacuation area including south of East Altadena Drive, north of West Harriet Street and East Mendocino Street, west of North Allen Street and east of Lincoln Avenue. Details here from the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
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