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.

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

Lake Castaic, Santa Clarita, Mill Creek, Pasadena, San Gabriel, Topanga, Newhall, and Pacific Palisades. "This will be a long duration event w/rain spread out over many hours, so rain will ...

The fire, burning near Castaic near Santa Clarita, was first reported around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, and exploded in size thanks to strong Santa Ana winds, prompting evacuation orders and ...

School will be cancelled at high schools and junior high schools in the Hart District tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 23, at the following sites: Castaic High ... is closing West Creek Academy, Tesoro ...

Tens of thousands of residents remain under evacuation orders and warnings Thursday morning as firefighters continue to battle for containment on the Hughes Fire that erupted near Castaic.

Coverage of when the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic, the areas under evacuation orders and an extended red flag ...

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County-based Hughes fire, which exploded near Castaic Lake on Wednesday ... including Salt Creek, Camarena, Wolf Canyon, Olympic View, Liberty, Eastlake, Marshall ...

The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, exploded to more than 10,000 acres of mostly brush in just a few hours. More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and ...

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Traffic was snarled out of Castaic as residents in hillside communities ... where hundreds of kids were being evacuated from West Creek Academy as the sky overhead darkened with smoke.