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The Hughes Fire has spread over 5,054 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,396 acres and forcing mass evacuations. What we ...

A brush fire broke out near Castaic Wednesday morning. The fire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, was announced shortly before 10:45 a.m. by the Angeles National Forest. The Hughes Fire is seen on Jan. 22 ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

CASTAIC, Calif. -- Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los ...

Firefighters are working to contain a new wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, which exploded east of Lake Castaic in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday. The fire had charred more than 8,000 acres ...

The Castaic Union School District announced it would close all its campuses Thursday due to the Hughes Fire burning in the area. The district oversees three elementary schools, two middle schools ...

Thousands of inmates at a Castaic jail complex were kept sheltered in place despite being within the evacuation zone of the 10,000-plus acre Hughes Fire that erupted Wednesday. The Hughes Fire was ...

The Hughes fire north of Castaic quickly grew to more than 10,000 acres, but no structures were reported damaged. • Southern California expects less than half an inch of rain Saturday through ...