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 ...

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. The Hughes fire ignited ...

The Hughes Fire broke out around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The fire has burned more than 5,000 acres in just a few hours. Thousands are under evacuation orders between Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Evacuations were ordered for the approximately 10-acre fire burning in Sepulveda Pass as well as the brush fire that grew at an alarming rate in the hills near Castaic north of Los Angeles on a ...

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 ...

Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, emergency responders responded to the northbound 5 Freeway near Lake Hughes Road in Castaic after ...

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 ...

The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning and has charred 10,396 acres near Castaic Lake, a popular recreation ... the Laguna Fire that erupted in hills above the campus of about 7,000 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The schools include North Lake Hills Elementary, Castaic Middle School, and Castaic Elementary School, all part of Castaic Union School District, in addition to Castaic High School, which is part of ...