A rapidly spreading brush fire ignited near Castaic Lake on Wednesday morning, blanketing the Santa Clarita Valley with smoke. The blaze, dubbed the Hughes Fire, was reported shortly after 10:40 a ...

The fires include the deadly Eaton and Palisades fire and the Hughes Fire, which started Wednesday morning in the Castaic area. The fire grew with ferocious speed, expanding to 3,400 acres in ...

Named the Hughes fire, the blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the area of Lake Hughes Road and the 5 Freeway and close to Castaic Lake, according to Cal Fire.

The Hughes Fire in the Lake Castaic area has now burned more than 10,000 acres and is 14% contained, as more than 30,000 residents have been evacuated and thousands more under evacuation warnings.

A number of schools were under evacuation orders shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a brush fire broke out less than two hours ago near Castaic Lake in the town of Castaic, just outside of the northern ...

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.