The Route fire was reported around noon Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Castaic near Lake Hughes Road and led to the shutdown of the 5 Freeway and forced residents in the area to evacuate. The fire quickly ...

prompting mandatory evacuations in the lake area and into the heart of Castaic, but while high winds push the flames, a squadron of aerial assets helped crews gain “the upper hand” by late in ...

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued to neighborhoods surrounding the Castaic Lake, about 10 miles north ... See below for a map of the latest blaze that's concerning authorities.

As the sun began to set over Castaic ... On Lake Hughes Road, wooden piles supporting power lines had burned and snapped, spreading high-voltage wires like snakes across the pavement. Overhead ...

The Hughes Fire in Southern California set thousands of acres ablaze and prompted numerous evacuations as firefighters worked to contain the flames. Over a week after thousands of homes were lost ...

The Route fire was reported around noon Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Castaic near Lake Hughes Road and led to the shutdown of the 5 Freeway and forced residents in the area to evacuate. The fire quickly ...

(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Route fire was reported around noon Wednesday, Aug. 31, in Castaic near Lake Hughes Road and led to the shutdown of the 5 Freeway and forced ...