The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County.

Yet another blaze broke out in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday night. Dubbed the Sepulveda fire, it had grown to 20 acres by the early hours of Thursday morning. The fires raging in California this month have already resulted in the widespread destruction of homes.