Hughes Fire initially started 10:53 a.m. Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 10,425 acres after being active for five days. By Monday midnight, the fire crew succeeded in containing 95% of the wildfire. The cause is, however, still being investigated.

The first significant rainfall in several months will spread across Southern California this weekend, giving a badly needed sip of water to an area parched by drought and devastated by multiple raging wildfires.

There are new concerns in Southern California in the aftermath of the deadly wildfires with residents on alert for mudslides and floods as L.A. County endures its first rainstorm of the season. TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the latest forecast.

High rain over a burn scar may result in debris flows or mudslides. Follow the instructions of local officials!” the National Weather Service said.

A public insurance adjuster may help negotiate a better insurance payout for residents who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.

Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los Angeles area.

The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a separate fire on the other side of Los Angeles, made these areas appear bombed out.

Trump pledged to provide federal disaster relief for people affected by the deadly wildfires ravaging southern California.

The Hughes Fire that started on Wednesday has burned through over 5,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties on Wednesday.

After some contentious moments in which he blamed state and federal officials over water and forest management as contributors to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, President Donald Trump on Friday told a gathering of local L.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two years ago.