The blaze, dubbed the Hughes Fire, was reported shortly after 10:40 a.m. and quickly advanced along both sides of Lake Hughes Road, northeast of the lake. Authorities issued an evacuation order ...

All lanes of the freeway were reopened by 6:30 p.m. "Critical fire conditions" though less ... two off-ramps along the I-5 — at Parker Road and Lake Hughes Road — were shut down.

The Hughes fire is burning around Castaic Lake north of Castaic. The blaze broke out shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday amid red flag warnings for the region. Fanned by strong winds, the blaze had grown ...

The blaze has forced some 50,000 people to evacuate, and it also caused temporary road closures ... near the Hughes Fire to leave immediately, including the vicinity of Castaic Lake, Paradise ...

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