By David Swanson and Daniel Trotta CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (32 square km), fueled by ...

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

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

Firefighting aircraft and ground crews are battling fast-moving wildfire in the Castaic Lake area north of Los Angeles.

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

Los Angeles County reduced evacuation orders to warnings for areas in and around Castaic Lake. This zone roughly encompasses an area east of Ridge Route and Old Ridge Route roads, south of Liebre ...

The Agoura Animal Care center is now full and no longer able to accept animals, according to a post by the County of Los Angeles on X. Students from Castaic middle and elementary schools were ...

Evacuations were ordered Wednesday after a brush fire started in the hills near Castaic north of Los Angeles on a day of red flag warnings for parts of Southern California. The Hughes Fire in ...

A brush fire near Los Angeles County’s Castaic community has spread to over 5,000 acres. A mandatory evacuation order in the surrounding areas is now in place. The latest blaze to hit the county ...

Elsewhere, Castaic Union School District principals ... a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Still, Los Angeles city and county officials have started preparing for the rain.

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 ...