As the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday, the hills to the north and east were engulfed in flames, casting an eerie orange glow across the valley below. The Hughes fire ignited ...

A fast-moving brush fire raced across thousands of acres of thick vegetation near Castaic Lake today ... including: -- Ridge Route Road at Lake Hughes; -- Ridge Route Road at Templin Highway ...

A brush fire erupted Wednesday night along the Sepulveda Pass, but Air Fire crews on the ground and in the air were able to stop the progress. "The combined aerial and ground attack has made good ...

Named the Hughes fire, the blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the area of Lake Hughes Road and the 5 Freeway and close to Castaic ... Ridge Route Road is closed ...

About 15 miles away from Chancellor's location in the Grapevine section of the freeway, the Hughes Fire was well underway in what witnesses described as an apocalyptic scene in the Castaic area ...

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

The blaze is burning in the same area that was charred in the Route fire in 2022. That blaze, which ignited during a heat wave in late August, burned 5,200 acres and forced evacuations in Castaic.

As the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday, the hills to the north and east were engulfed in flames, casting an eerie orange glow across the valley below. The Hughes fire ignited earlier ...