Lake Fire (2020)

The Lake Fire is an active wildfire of the 2020 California wildfire season in the Angeles National Forest, west of the rural community of Lake Hughes and north of Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California in the United States. The fire began in the afternoon hours of Wednesday, August 12, in the unincorporated canyons north of the Santa Clarita Valley and immediately exploded in size, burning some 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) in its first three hours due to extreme fire conditions in the area.[2] The wildfire resulted in the evacuations of Lake Hughes as well as many other isolated households along Pine Canyon Road and 3 Points Road, south of Highway 138.[3]

Lake Fire
The view of Lake Fire (2020) from the CA-14 S Freeway
Location	Lake Hughes, California
Coordinates	34.6794°N 118.4519°W / 34.6794; -118.4519
Statistics[1]
Date(s)	August 12, 2020 (2020-08-12) –
Burned area	17,482 acres (7,075 ha)
Cause	Under investigation
Buildings destroyed	21 structures destroyed
Map
Location in California

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Location of Lake Fire

Events

See also

• 2020 California wildfires

References

1. "Lake Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
2. Margolis, Jacob. "'Lake Fire' Near Lake Hughes Explodes To 10,000 Acres In 'Extreme' Fire Conditions". LAist. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
3. Lunetta, Caleb. "Lake Hughes fire hits 10,000 acres, zero containment". The Signal. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

 This article incorporates text from https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/8/12/lake-fire/, a public domain work of the Government of California.