A fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 8,000 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday morning, prompting mandatory evacuation orders and road closures, authorities said.

A hard-charging brush fire erupted in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday, hustling through 5,054 acres of terrain so far, aided by heavy, dry brush and pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds, Cal ...

Less than a week after a massive wildfire shut down California's Interstate 5, the traffic artery was closed again due to ...

A day earlier, the blaze was first reported around 10:45 a.m. near Castaic Lake, off Lake Hughes ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

Rain has continued to fall across parts of Southern California, increasing the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas hit by ...

The Hughes fire is burning around Castaic Lake north of Castaic ... the Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday. A judge on Tuesday ordered Southern California Edison to preserve data, equipment ...

The fire exploded to more than 3,400 acres in under two hours, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Evacuations were ordered in and around Lake Castaic ...

The two rank among the most destructive blazes in California ... of Castaic near Lake Hughes Road and Ridge Route Road north of Los Angeles. The chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department ...

The Hughes Fire, reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Castaic Lake, prompted evacuations ... acres (16 square miles), said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Evacuations were ordered Wednesday for a brush fire that grew at an alarming rate in the hills near Castaic north of ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The approximately 10,396-acre Hughes Fire burning northeast of Castaic ... Lake Piru Recreation Area will re-open Friday, January 24th at 7:00am. The image below, courtesy of the California ...