CASTAIC LAKE, CA — A fast-moving brush fire in the Castaic Lake is forcing people to flee from their homes under mandatory evacuations, Wednesday morning. The blaze dubbed the Hughes Fire ...

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 Lake, according to Cal Fire.

The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and within hours charred more than 15 square miles of trees and brush, sending up plumes of dark smoke near Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area ...