A video is being shared across platforms alongside claims it shows twin fire tornadoes ripping through California as wildfires torched the Los Angeles area in January 2025. But the clip is unrelated;

The Hughes fire, which broke out north of Santa Clarita earlier Wednesday, has scorched more than 8,000 acres, according to Cal Fire.

A brush fire near Los Angeles County's Castaic community has spread to over 5,000 acres. A mandatory evacuation order in the surrounding areas is now in place. The latest blaze to hit the county has been named the Hughes Fire and it is spreading rapidly in the region located northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

A fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 8,000 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday morning, prompting mandatory evacuation orders and road closures, authorities said.