Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and Angeles ... 12:53 p.m.: The California Highway Patrol said students who attend Castaic Middle School and Castaic High Schools were evacuated ...

according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Traffic was snarled out of Castaic as residents in hillside communities rushed to escape the advancing flames. On Wednesday ...

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

CASTAIC, CA (February 18 ... Emergency responders from the Los Angeles County Fire Department pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Officials later identified the deceased as 31-year-old ...

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 ...

Smoke poured from the Hughes Fire, a new wind-driven wildfire ... sending up a huge plume of dark smoke near the Lake Castaic area. It comes as Southern California could expect some badly-needed ...