Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

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

The Hughes Fire in Los Angeles has now burned over 10,000 acres and remains just 14% contained, fire authorities in the city announced Thursday. The Hughes Fire, which was first reported on ...

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

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

Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter. The Hughes Fire started at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Castaic north of ...

A terrifying fast-moving new wildfire burning out of control north of Los Angeles quickly torched nearly 10,000 acres Wednesday, with more than 30,000 people ordered to evacuate just weeks after ...

The LA County sheriff said people should be prepared to be away from their homes for up to a week. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that state resources were deployed to help with the Hughes Fire ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic. Some mandatory evacuation ...

When the Hughes Fire first started Wednesday morning ... spread because we are looking at 32-mph winds as we speak," LA County Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher Berkoh said that day.