The Lake fire has burned 6,000 acres near North Lake Hughes Road and Pine Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest.
A fast-moving, 6,000-acre brush fire was burning near Lake Hughes in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department was alerted to the fire near North Lake Hughes Road and Pine Canyon Road at about 3:30 pm, according to Marvin Lim, a spokesman with the department. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has announced mandatory evacuations for residents near Lake Hughes Road, including those living west of Pine Canyon Road and south of Dry Gulch Road.
Lim said more than 300 firefighters, as well as several helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, had been deployed to the scene.“It’s a fast-moving fire,” he said. “There’s a lot of vegetation in the area, and it’s moving in the northeast direction.”
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