Five new fires have broken out in Southern California ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to the state.

Fires burning in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura and Riverside counties Thursday named Laguna, Sepulveda, Gibbel, Gilman and Border 2 (Border 2).

Meanwhile, firefighters are making progress in containing the Los Angeles Hughes Fire, which is 36% contained since it broke out on Wednesday.

Fires have devastated states across the U.S. over the past few weeks, with the Palisades and Eaton fires burning more than 37,000 acres combined and killing at least 28 people.

Here are some details on the latest fires, based on the latest updates from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire):

• The San Diego Border 2 Fire covers 800 acres. Evacuation orders are currently in place
• Ventura Laguna fire 94 acres, 70% contained
• The Los Angeles Sepulveda Fire covers 45 acres and is currently 60% contained. In the latest news posted on X, the Los Angeles Fire Department said they had prevented the fire from spreading and evacuation orders had been lifted
• The Gibell Fire breaks out in Riverside County and covers 15 acres. Firefighters successfully prevented the fire from spreading
• A San Diego brush fire named Gilman covers two acres but has stopped spreading

Trump is scheduled to visit Los Angeles on Friday to inspect damage caused by wildfires.

The newly inaugurated president has been critical of the response to the fires and has threatened to withhold federal aid if California does not change the way it manages its water supply.

He criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom and repeatedly claimed the state had a water problem because it diverted water supplies to save a small fish called smelt.

When asked by the US media whether he would cut off funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Trump said: “I may have to do it. Sometimes it’s the only thing you can do. California is a good one example.”

“If you actually poll people, they don’t want sanctuary cities, but Gavin Newsom does. And these radical left-wing politicians do.”

Brian Rice, president of the California Professional Firefighters Association, told the BBC he hoped Trump would not deny the state federal aid.

“Our most important focus is getting federal assistance to California into these communities where people are losing their lives and their homes,” he said.

“Never in the history of this country has federal disaster assistance been tied to if you do this, you’ll get that. That’s the discussion that’s going on, and it’s never happened.”

The Hughes Fire, the state’s third-largest after the Palisade and Eaton fires, forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate after it broke out Wednesday.

Crews made progress Thursday in containing the fast-moving blaze, according to Cal Fire.

According to BBC Weather, Los Angeles is in a high fire risk area today with strong winds.

Rain is expected over the weekend in the county, as well as snow in the Southern California mountains.