LOS ANGELES — Two new wildfires joined the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires on Wednesday, with one burning out of control in the Angeles National Forest north of town and another threatening the upscale Bel Air neighborhood. There is.
The Sepulveda Fire broke out around 11 p.m. Wednesday night and has so far only burned about 45 acres, but Cal Fire said the Bel Air neighborhood, home to the mansions of Hollywood's elite, was evacuated.
The fire is currently 60% contained and the evacuation order has been lifted.
But further north, the Hughes Fire is raging in the northern Los Angeles County wilderness.
Fueled by strong southerly winds, the Hughes Fire is consuming the dry desert scrub of Angeles Forest. And despite the large Castaic Lake blocking its progress, it has crawled around the lake and is now attacking a community of about 20,000 people.
As one expert told the Post on Wednesday, the fire's “nuclear” ferocity scorched more than 10,000 acres in less than a day and was only 16% contained.
By comparison, the Eaton Fire burned 14,000 acres in two weeks, a relatively small area for a wildfire, but reduced an entire area of Los Angeles County near Pasadena to ashes.
The Eaton Fire has been almost completely extinguished and some residents have been allowed to return to their homes, or what's left of them, but it could take days or even weeks for the fire to fully burn out. There is sex.
Meanwhile, firefighters continue to extinguish the Palisades Fire, which is now 72% contained after destroying some of Los Angeles' most expensive real estate.
By some estimates, the total cost of this month's fires could exceed $250,000.
Fortunately, rain in the forecast for the weekend could release more than an inch of water onto the still-burning fire, but officials say the rain will cause the scorched, ash-covered hillsides to plummet. It warns of the potential for flooding, landslides and deadly road conditions during the washout.
