A fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 8,000 acres near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic Wednesday morning, prompting mandatory evacuation orders and road closures, authorities said.

Officials ordered evacuations in the area surrounding the Hughes Fire on Wednesday morning, located near Castaic Lake in Los ...

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

The unincorporated community of Castaic is located in northwest Los Angeles County, about 15 miles northwest ... were being sent down to Southern California, with federal personnel from the ...

The ash and dust warning comes after the Southern California air quality ... that sparked Wednesday near Castaic Lake and Six Flags Magic Mountain in Los Angeles County has rapidly expanded ...

Southern California is battling the Hughes Fire, which broke out around 11 a.m. near Lake Hughes Road, close to the 5 Freeway and Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County.

Three major fires were burning on a day of high fire danger Wednesday in Los Angeles County. The fires include ... which started Wednesday morning in the Castaic area. The fire grew with ferocious ...

The Hughes Fire near Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was 24% contained on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.

The Hughes fire north of Castaic quickly grew to more than 10,000 ... The veteran prosecutor, whose wife is a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who had been dispatched to help with evacuations ...

CASTAIC, Calif. -- Firefighters fought to ... is very different from the situation we were in 16 days ago," Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Wednesday evening.