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.

Residents in southern California are threatened by another massive blaze, the Hughes Fire, after a brush fire quickly burned over 5,000 acres.

A new wildfire that erupted in northern Los Angeles County triggered tens of thousands of evacuation orders and warnings.