With high winds driving the flames, a fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 5,000 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday — prompting mandatory evacuations and road ...

The Hughes fire broke out a little before 11 a.m., roughly five miles north of the Pitchess Detention Center. The Sheriff's Department has struggled with a shortage of buses to transport inmates.

I love California. I love Los Angeles ... The fire was burning about five miles north of the county's Castaic jail complex, forcing deputies at one point to move inmates from the Pitchess Detention ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...

The Hughes Fire has spread over 8,096 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on Wednesday.

The blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the area of Lake Hughes Road near the 5 Freeway, according ...

Coverage of when the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic, the areas under evacuation orders and an extended red flag ...

Nine wildfires are currently burning across Southern California as of Friday morning, five of which ignited yesterday.

Those closures, as of Thursday morning, are for off-ramps near Castaic Lake ... threats in the immediate area," Ventura County Fire offiicials said on social media. Forecasted rain in Southern ...

Photos taken of the Hughes Fire around Castaic Lake, California captured the massive blaze and cloud of smoke visible from Six Flags Magic Mountain.

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday ... to boost fire conditions across Southern California. The brush fire spawned northwest of ...