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As the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday, the hills to the north and east were engulfed in flames, casting an eerie orange glow across the valley below. The Hughes fire ignited earlier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of inmates at a Castaic jail complex were kept sheltered in place despite being within the evacuation zone of the 10,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters battle the Hughes fire off of Tapia Canyon Road in Castaic. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) As the sun began to set ...