Los Angeles wildfires: Hughes Fire has scorched over 39 square km in North LA

A firefighting crew walks towards flames as a plume of smoke from the Hughes Fire fills the sky in Castaic, a northwestern part of Los Angeles, California, on January 22, 2025. Evacuations were ordered for 19,000 people all around the lake, which sits around 35 miles north of Los Angeles, and close to the city of Santa Clarita. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)