The Hughes Fire broke out around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The fire has burned more than 5,000 acres in just a few hours. Thousands are under evacuation orders between Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Containment of the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake was at 98% Tuesday, with crews primarily seeking out and extinguishing lingering hot spots in the burn area and all residents now allowed to return to ...

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

CASTAIC, Calif. -- Firefighters are making significant progress in battling a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest near Castaic Lake Monday. Shortly before 4 p.m., fire officials said the fire ...

This browser does not support the Video element. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - As temperatures soared across Southern California due to a late-summer heat wave, a brush fire erupted in Castaic, ...

Firefighters continued to expand containment lines around four active blazes. Less than a week after a massive wildfire shut down California's Interstate 5, a major freeway between Los Angeles and the ...

Firefighters are continuing to make progress battling a wildfire burning in the hills near the Los Angeles and Ventura county line, allowing thousands of evacuated residents to return to their homes ...

Through the glass window of the jail dayroom, Aaron Ortega caught a glance of a deputy’s computer screen. It was Jan. 22, and the local news was featuring footage of a new blaze that had broken out in ...