It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 23 days. A crew of 800 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 98% of the fire by Thursday evening. The

The Hughes Fire has now burned 8,096 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties since igniting late Wednesday morning near Castaic Lake, according to Cal Fire. Approximately 31,000 people have been affected by evacuation orders and another 23,000 are under evacuation warnings.

The Jan. 25 death is the 12th fatality connected to the Palisades Fire, while another 17 are attributed to the Eaton Fire, officials said