A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze, which officials named the Hughes Fire, was first reported ...
The Hughes Fire ... more under evacuation warnings. Home to more than 18,000 people, Castaic is located near Castaic Lake, a 12,658-acre reservoir that supplies water to the Los Angeles area.
A new fire in Southern California has exploded from 500 acres to more than 8,000 in just a few hours, prompting new evacuation orders for an area already reeling from blazes that have raged and ...