Photos taken of the Hughes Fire around Castaic Lake, California captured the massive blaze and cloud of smoke visible from Six Flags Magic Mountain.

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

Approximately 19,000 people in Castaic are under evacuation orders triggered ... It also said the LA Zoo and some parks, including Griffith Park and Runyon Canyon, will remain closed on Tuesday.

About 18,600 people live in the community of Castaic. Firefighters from Angeles National Forest were responding, the U.S. Forest Service said, announcing that the entire 700,000-acre park in the ...

By 10 p.m., it had grown to more than 10,000 acres, burning mostly brush around a state park called the Castaic Lake State Recreation Area. By late Wednesday night, firefighters had been able to ...

Residents south and west of Lake Castaic scrambled to flee the path of the Hughes Fire, which had scorched over 5,000 acres in less than three hours on Wednesday. The blaze was first reported shortly ...

CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (32 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing ...

Students at Castaic schools have been evacuated to nearby ... the Valencia amusement park that remains closed Wednesday.

Students at Castaic schools have been evacuated to nearby ... the Valencia amusement park that remains closed Wednesday. This story has been updated to add new information.

the Valencia amusement park that remains closed Wednesday. A vehicle drives by as smoke and flames rise in the back while firefighters battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa ...