UPDATE: The county brought in helicopters and several battalions of firefighters, including incarcerated firefighters, to protect the nearly 5,000 incarcerated people and staff of the jail until the fire was under control. Putting pressure on public officials works.

Sheriff Luna says that they may force 5,000 incarcerated folks to “shelter in place” because some of the facilities “are made of concrete” THEYRE IN AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION ORDER & THE FIRE IS 0% CONTAINED & growing quickly! LASD & the county are putting people’s lives at risk

🚨 #LosAngeles: The #HughesFire is rapidly approaching the county jail, where roughly 5,000 incarcerated individuals and hundreds of sheriff's deputies remain trapped. The jail is in a mandatory evacuation zone, however the county has not provided any plan for these people’s

@lamgtwn Just sharing info incase any1 can make use of it. 🙏 https://t.co/37pvJynBZM

CALL NOW - THE MUST EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. @kathrynbarger must figure out a way to get other resources for an emergency evacuation

Call Supervisor Kathryn Barger and tell her to direct LASD to evacuate the Castaic jail complex in her district immediately at 213-974-5555.

UPDATE: The LA Sheriff's Department and Board of Supervisors have failed to evacuate at least 4,700 people who are incarcerated just five miles from a wildfire that broke out hours ago. The board must act NOW to save the lives of the people who are imprisoned.

URGENT: The four north county jails are now in a mandatory evacuation zone due to the Hughes Fire‼️ We’ve alerted the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, but we need your help. Call the Board and demand an immediate evacuation OUTSIDE of the Hughes Fire evacuation zone.

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