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

Photos taken of the Hughes Fire around Castaic Lake, California captured the massive blaze and cloud of smoke visible from Six Flags Magic Mountain.

The Hughes Fire has spread over 8,096 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on Wednesday.

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

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 approximately 10,396-acre Hughes Fire burning northeast of Castaic Lake in ... to the Ventura County Incident Information page, the brush fire began around 10:30 a.m. California Highway ...

CASTAIC, Calif ... checkerspot butterfly and other unique species. In Ventura County, a new fire briefly prompted the evacuation of California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo.

Southern California expects less than ... quickly prompted evacuations orders in and around Castaic Lake, which by afternoon extended toward Ventura County to the west and near Sandberg to the ...

Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm ... evacuations orders in and around Castaic Lake, which by afternoon extended toward Ventura County to the west and near ...

LA County Sheriff says about 31,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders while another 23,000 were under evacuation warnings.

across LA and Ventura counties ... in the back while firefighters battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita, California on Jan. 22, 2025. A huge cloud of smoke rises ...