Hughes Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, January 2025

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/8599/hughes-fire-2025

Key facts

Started January 22, 2025
Contained January 28, 2025, after 6 days
Burned 10,397 acres
10th largest fire of 2025
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 10,390 acres

Community

  1. Castaic 41 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1911 Unnamed fire 245 acres shared
  2. 1911 Unnamed fire 226 acres in total 197 acres shared
  3. 1911 Unnamed fire 145 acres shared
  4. 1911 Unnamed fire 148 acres in total 127 acres shared
  5. 1921 Charlie Cyn Fire 5,324 acres in total 1,854 acres shared
  6. 1921 Charlie Cyn Fire 4,581 acres in total 674 acres shared
  7. 1923 Santa Fee Fire 609 acres in total 422 acres shared
  8. 1929 Unnamed fire 192 acres in total 164 acres shared
  9. 1937 Blast Fire 92 acres in total 45 acres shared
  10. 1946 Slone Fire 323 acres shared
  11. 1950 Boundary Fire 2,710 acres in total 1,761 acres shared
  12. 1967 Lyon Fire 102 acres in total 65 acres shared
  13. 1967 Brickyard Fire 5,824 acres in total 2,578 acres shared
  14. 1968 Liebre Fire 48,564 acres in total 595 acres shared
  15. 1969 Bitter Fire 817 acres in total 781 acres shared
  16. 1974 Necktie & Forbay Fire 796 acres in total 722 acres shared
  17. 1974 Dry Fire 5,620 acres in total 2,355 acres shared
  18. 1987 Ruby Fire 10,093 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,177 acres shared
  19. 2017 Lake Fire 732 acres shared
  20. 2020 Castaic Fire 177 acres shared

And 16 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Hughes Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data