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 ...

A brush fire erupted amid powerful winds Wednesday afternoon in the Castaic area, quickly spreading to more than 5,000 acres as it burned out of control near the 5 Freeway, officials said. Fire crews ...

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

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

A stone’s throw from the flames, residents watched the spectacle like fans at a sporting event — phones held aloft, sharing ...

The intersection at Lake Hughes and Ridge Route roads, which is within the mandatory evacuation zone near Castaic Lake, was filled with first responders as they directed traffic for evacuating ...

Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time brought home to her.

Ridge Route Road at Templin Highway, Lake Hughes Road at Pine Canyon Road and Dry Gulch Road at San Francisquito Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Elsewhere, Castaic Union ...

Parker Road/Ridge Road eastbound from The Old Road; Lake Hughes Road eastbound from The Old Road All Castaic Union School District schools will be closed Thursday due to the nearby Hughes Fire ...

Neighborhoods surrounding Lake Castaic Lake were placed under mandatory evacuation ... Road closures were put in place on Ridge Route Road at Lake Hughes Road, Ridge Route Road at Templin Highway, ...

The fire started shortly before 11 a.m. on Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake and burned through ... and Lake Hughes Road Eastbound Parker Road / Ridge Road from The Old Road Eastbound Lake ...