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

As the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday, the hills to the north and east were engulfed in flames, casting an eerie orange glow across the valley below.

It had burned mostly brush in and around the Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, but evacuation orders were issued for wider swaths of the area. The evacuation zones include Northlake Hills ...

A fire north of a jail complex in Castaic has triggered evacuations in L.A. County, even as Southern California hopes for some rain to help with firefighting efforts.

A stone's throw from the flames, residents watched the spectacle like fans at a sporting event — phones held aloft, sharing the shocking images.

A dark cloud of smoke rises while firefighters battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita on Jan. 22, 2025. A plume of smoke from the new Hughes fire is seen above the hills ...

Meanwhile, as the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday, the hills to the north and east were engulfed in flame, casting an eerie orange glow across the valley below. On Lake Hughes Road ...

Lake Hills Community Church Pastor David Cummings ... on remote security camera footage from the church that overlooks Castaic Lake. “We’re keeping in touch with them and people are going ...

A fast-moving brush fire raced across thousands of acres of thick vegetation near Castaic Lake Wednesday, forcing mandatory evacuations in the lake area and into the heart of Castaic, with warnings ...

The Hughes fire has grown rapidly in northern Los Angeles County, with the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires still burning in the region. By Corina Knoll Alyce McFaddenVik Jolly and Isabelle ...

Evacuations were ordered Wednesday for a brush fire that grew at an alarming rate in the hills near Castaic north of Los Angeles on a ... at about 10:30 a.m. off the northbound 5 Freeway at Lake ...