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TOPSHOT - Inmate firefighters from the Growlersburg crew hike up the mountain to create a containment fire line to control the Hughes Fire in Castaic, a northwestern neighborhood of Los Angeles County, California, on January 23, 2025. The newly emerged Hughes Fire continued to grow overnight, and by January 23 had consumed 10,000 acres (4,050 hectares), but its rate of growth had slowed considerably after an explosive first few hours. A massive response involving aircraft, bulldozers and 4,000 personnel had swung into action as flames raced across hillsides in Castaic, 35 miles (56 km) north of Los Angeles. Around 31,000 people were ordered to flee their homes, heaping misery on a region already reeling from the two deadly fires that ripped through America's second biggest city this month. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)