The Hughes Fire has spread over 8,096 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on Wednesday.

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

The Hughes fire ignited on Wednesday morning in Castaic, California, sparking mandatory evacuations nearby ... Cal Fire also says that students at North Lake Elementary have been evacuated to Castaic ...

The Hughes Fire, reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Castaic Lake, prompted evacuations ... After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery storage plants ...

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued to neighborhoods surrounding the Castaic Lake, about 10 miles north ... acre conflagration The entire Southern California region remains on high alert ...

Smoke and flames rise as firefighters and aircraft battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County on Jan. 22, 2025. The entire Southern California region ...