Live updates: More than 16,100 structures destroyed in Eaton and Palisades fires

  • The Hughes Fire sparked in the Castaic area Wednesday morning and grew to about 10,000 acres in northern LA County.
  • A red flag warning was in effect Thursday and into Friday for parts of Los Angeles County, indicating high fire danger.
  • Castaic Union School District announced it would close all its campuses Thursday
  • About 31,000 people were under evacuation orders with another 21,000 under evacuation warnings in the Hughes Fire.
  • The fire is one of three major fires burning in Los Angeles County.
  • Another brush fire started along the Sepulveda Pass near Bel Air Wednesday night.
  • The Palisades Fire on the LA County coast was 72-percent contained at 23,400 acres. The Eaton Fire in the Altadena area was 95-percent contained at 14,000 acres.
  • Twenty-eight deaths were reported in the Eaton and Palisades fires.

A red flag warning indicating high fire danger continues in Los Angeles County. See live updates below.

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