The National Weather Service is forecasting another Particularly Dangerous Situation red flag warning and extreme fire weather.
Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely low humidity through later this week, forecasters said Tuesday.
A fire broke out Wednesday night along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass near the Getty Center, burning about 20 acres and spurring an evacuation warning.
LOS ANGELES ... the National Weather Service. There will be another increase in northeast winds Wednesday night into Thursday. The red-flag warning applies for a large swath of Southern California ...
As of January 14, the city's average temperature of 55°F was 3.5°F below the five-year average, a deviation of nearly 6 percent.
Southern California is battling the Hughes Fire, which broke out around 11 a.m. near Lake Hughes Road, close to the 5 Freeway and Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County.
The Ventura County fire just north of Los Angeles was initially estimated to be 3 acres, but has since burned 50 acres.
Overnight water drops helped stop the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles.
A new wildfire that erupted in northern Los Angeles County rapidly consumed over 10,000 acres as authorities warned of an "immediate threat to life."
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.