Castaic High School was also evacuated. A temporary evacuation center for people displaced by the fire was originally established at Valencia High School, but as the fire spread, the center was ...

Castaic High School freshman Miguel Sanchez was at school when he began hearing about the fire, at first seeing smoke and small flames through a classroom window. Eventually, they watched as the ...

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.

Local officials and county leaders provided an update on the Hughes Fire that exploded near Castaic on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of evacuations and impacting traffic on the 5 Freeway.