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Hughes: The fire that has been raging in California for the past several weeks has flared up once again. This time the fire has broken out in Hughes, a northern area of Los Angeles. About 10 thousand acres of land has been burnt due to the fire that broke out on Wednesday. 50 thousand people have been asked to leave their homes due to the fire.
According to the New York Times, 4 thousand firefighters have been deployed to extinguish this fire near Castaic Lake. The wind is blowing at a speed of 48 km per hour here. According to CNN, the fire is spreading so fast that an area equal to a football field is burning every 3 seconds.
According to satellite data, a hotspot was detected near Castaic Lake at 10:45 am local time on Wednesday. Earlier, a fire broke out in the southern forests around Los Angeles on January 7. 25 people lost their lives in it.
California has been facing drought conditions for many years. There is a lack of moisture in the area. Apart from this, this state is much hotter than other areas of America. This is the reason why forests often catch fire during the summer season. This continues till the rainy season arrives. However, for the past few years, incidents of fire have increased in every season.
In the last 50 years, forests in California have caught fire more than 78 times. Residential areas have grown near forests in California. In such a situation, damage is more when a fire breaks out.
The fire that broke out in Griffith Park in Los Angeles in 1933 was the biggest fire in California. It engulfed an area of about 83 thousand acres. About 3 lakh people had to leave their homes and go to other cities.
