Containment: The fire was 98% contained as of Monday evening. It has burned about 10,400 acres. Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted. Shovel in hand, Hendrena Martin dug through the ruins ...

“we know we’re on our own — we can’t rely on the fire department to help us,” she said. “I’m now determined to put in a pond or pool with a remote pump system for next time.” ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

Strong winds returned this week, leading meteorologists to issue red flag warnings advising people of critical fire weather. Firefighters have made significant progress fighting the largest ...

“It could result in fast-moving flows of mud, rock and fire debris that all conglomerate and spread quickly downhill,” Cohen said. “It has the potential to be damaging as it does ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) posted an alert on the new fire to its website just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday. In a subsequent update, the department said the fire was burning at ...

A person has been forced from their home after a well pump house caught fire and extended to the house in Indiana. Union City firefighters responded at 2:18 p.m. on Wednesday to the 1300 block of ...

The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, exploded to more than 10,000 acres of mostly brush in just a few hours. More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...