Firefighters in Southern California conducted another fierce wildfire fight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning. Crews raced to contain the massive Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County while another blaze broke out near a busy freeway,
Following arrests of alleged firefighter impersonators, officials say two more people have been taken into custody for using fake passes to unlawfully enter a fire evacuation zone.
After surviving the fire, many California residents are facing the secondary threat of looters taking advantage of chaotic conditions and abandoned property.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working to locate and identify dozens of missing persons from the wildfires.
Deputies claim that the man fired shots at them as he attempted to flee from a home where they were called for reports of domestic violence.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department launched a Looter Suppression Team for the Altadena area scorched by the Eaton fire.
Smoke quickly filled the skies over Southern California on Wednesday as a new wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, rapidly grew to more than 5,000 acres, video shows.
Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with two new wildfires torching Southern California.
The Hughes Fire ignited Wednesday morning and has already torched more than 10,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Flames erupted near the Bel-Air neighborhood just hours after another fire sparked and quickly spread in northern Los Angeles County.