Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

Firefighters kept the fire from spreading to Elderberry Canyon, the Castaic Hydroelectric Power Plant and surrounding communities overnight, officials said. Crews were also focused Thursday on ...

Four transmission lines out of the Castaic Power Plant, which is located in the evacuation zone, have been disconnected as a result of the Hughes fire, the Los Angeles Department of Water and ...

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

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

Smoke poured from the Hughes Fire, a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, 22 January. The blaze prompted evacuations orders for remote communities nearby as it ...

Your life depends on it.” But for the 4,700 inmates at the facilities in the Castaic jail complex — all of which were in an evacuation zone by midafternoon — that would be impossible.

Firefighters work to prevent the spread of the Hughes fire in Castaic on Wednesday afternoon. More photos (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) ...

As they worked through the night, firefighters kept the wildfire from reaching Elderberry Canyon, the Castaic Power Plant and surrounding communities, authorities said. Several aircraft flew in ...