LA County just can’t catch a break. Earlier today another fire started in some brush north of Los Angeles and within 2 hours it had expanded to 5,000 acres.
The blaze, dubbed the Hughes Fire, was reported shortly before 10:45 a.m. by the Angeles National Forest.
It was spreading through dry brush and trees largely on the east side of the lake, fanned by Santa Ana winds. The fire was initially reported at 50 acres but had exploded to more than 5,000 acres by 1 p.m., according to Cal Fire, with no containment.
That was earlier today but as of now CalFire says the fire has expanded to just over 8,000 acres. Thousands of people in the area are under mandatory evacuation orders:
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said 19,000 people were facing mandatory evacuation orders by 2:30 p.m.
Mandatory evacuation orders were expanded as the wildfire spread to over…
