A rapidly spreading brush fire ignited near Castaic Lake on Wednesday morning, blanketing the Santa Clarita Valley with smoke. The blaze, dubbed the Hughes Fire, was reported shortly after 10:40 a.m.

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

With the Palisades and Eaton fires still not fully contained, a new Southern California blaze sparked up Wednesday north of Santa Clarita, burning more than 9,400 acres in a matter of hours, forcing ...

ORIGINAL STORY: The brush fire, named the Magic Fire, was reported at about 4:06 p.m. Sunday on a hilltop on the east side of ...

The Hughes Fire exploded ... and the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's office quickly issued evacuation orders and warnings for evacuation zones. Get top local stories in Southern California ...

At the time of publication, the Laguna fire had burned approximately 50 acres and was still listed at 0 percent containment, ...

The blaze, dubbed the Hughes Fire, was first reported just before 11 a.m. By around 10 p.m. local time it had grown to 10,176 acres, according to the California ... city of Santa Clarita, one ...

A map shows the fire risk across Southern California ... Residents across Southern California, particularly in high-risk areas like Santa Clarita Valley, Malibu Coast and the San Gabriel Mountains ...

about 10 miles north of Santa Clarita. Meanwhile nearby neighborhoods were under evacuation warnings. Live SoCal fire updates:LA County's Hughes wildfire goes from brush blaze to 5,000+-acre ...

UPDATE 11:00 p.m.: As of 10:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday, the Hughes fire covered 10,176 ... a new Southern California blaze sparked up Wednesday north of Santa Clarita, burning more than 9,400 acres ...