A brush fire erupted amid powerful winds Wednesday afternoon in the Castaic area, spreading quickly to more than 500 acres near the 5 Freeway, officials said. Fire crews from Los Angeles County and ...

Containment of the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake was up to 95% Monday while firefighters prepare for possible debris flow and mudslides from a weekend storm.

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake ... 5,000 acres burned. The National Weather Service extended a red flag ...

Meanwhile, as the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday ... a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Forecasts show that gusts could reach up to 40 mph in the ...

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

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake ... 5,000 acres burned. The National Weather Service extended a red flag ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near ...

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

The Hughes Fire ignited late morning Wednesday in the Castaic Lake area of Los Angeles ... Southern California,' Todd Hall, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said Wednesday morning.

Named the Hughes fire, the blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the area of Lake Hughes Road ... according to the National Weather Service Los Angeles.

The fire, burning near Castaic near Santa Clarita ... a red flag warning for troublesome fire weather. That warning, by the National Weather Service, lasts until Friday, Jan. 23.