Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

The Hughes fire is burning around Castaic Lake north of Castaic. Fanned by strong winds, it had grown to about 10,400 acres by Thursday evening.

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

A wildfire erupted near Castaic Lake Wednesday, sending plumes of smoke into neighboring Ventura County areas. Here's what to know.

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reaching into the Lake Piru area west of Castaic. Evacuation warnings due to the Hughes Fire were in place as far south as Highway 126 and north to Highway 138. That’s just north of Magic Mountain.

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.