Hughes Fire initially started 10:53 a.m. Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 10,425 acres after being active for five days. By Monday midnight, the fire crew succeeded in containing 95% of the wildfire. The cause is, however, still being investigated.
A public insurance adjuster may help negotiate a better insurance payout for residents who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.
Law enforcement and prosecutors are geared up for scammers who are expected to exploit relief for victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires.
The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a separate fire on the other side of Los Angeles, made these areas appear bombed out.
Trump pledged to provide federal disaster relief for people affected by the deadly wildfires ravaging southern California.
The Hughes Fire burned some 10,176 acres but that figure held steady throughout the day as 4,000 firefighters dropped water and retardant from the air and used hand tools and hoses on the ground.
Los Angeles County's first significant storm in more than eight months has already forced the closure of the 5 freeway at the Grapevine, unleashed mud on roadways, and triggered the closure of Malibu's public schools Monday due to dangerous road conditions.
Dozens of cats and dogs arrived in Seattle Sunday afternoon on a Wings of Rescue flight to help relieve pressure on overcrowded shelters in LA.
Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.
It was dramatic … overwhelming,” FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito told the Daily News, recalling the miles of scorched earth and destroyed homes in L.A.’s Palisades