![Evacuees were able to come to the American Red Cross' Disaster Relief site at College of the Canyons' gym Wednesday night to seek food and shelter on Jan. 22, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal](https://signalscv.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/22212036/012225_HUGHESFIRE_WEB_HM_6-scaled.jpg)
Hughes Fire evacuees take shelter at COC
Castaic and Valencia residents evacuated to the American Red Cross shelter set up at the east gym on the Valencia campus of College of the Canyons as the Hughes Fire raged on Wednesday night. Brian Mansur, a Valencia resident, said that he came to the shelter looking for a temporary placement after making sure his daughters were safe. In his