Smoke loomed over Santa Clarita on Wednesday, January 22, as the Hughes Fire burned thousands of acres of land in California. This video taken by Anthony Cabassa shows the view from his home as smoke from the fast-growing inferno wafts skyward.

The Santa Clarita City Council revealed Tuesday that a letter had been sent to Southern California Edison to seek a solution for the repeated and often days-long Public Safety Power Shut-offs plaguing the community.

The Hughes Fire forced evacuations in Santa Clarita, California. At least 31,000 residents were ordered to evacuate as the blaze grew to over 10,000 acres on Wednesday,2. Footage captured by Liana Herrera shows a cloud of smoke rising from the flames.

Southern California is heading into a day of its most extreme fire weather conditions — an unprecedented fifth time the National Weather Service office has sounded the alarm this season

Evacuations have been ordered for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles.