SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CalFire released a new map this week, expanding hazardous fire zones in Northern California. It's part of Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order after the Los Angeles fires.

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.

It was 24% contained at 2 p.m. local time Thursday (8 p.m. ET), according to Cal Fire. The Hughes Fire was being fed by high winds and dry conditions, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told ...

Crews had built the containment level to 14%, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters continued to make progress overnight putting out flareups and dousing hotspots. Winds were relatively calm early ...

Within hours, the blaze had burned across more than 10,000 acres (41sq km), the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said. They added that the fire is at 14% containment.

The brush fire spawned northwest of downtown Los Angeles soon before 11 a.m. on Wednesday and has since maintained a "rapid rate of spread and spotting," according to CalFire. The blaze quickly ...

According to CalFire, the Hughes Fire was at 500 acres and growing rapidly since it ignited Wednesday shortly before 11 a.m. Evacuation warnings are in place for several neighboring areas.

The blaze, which officials named the Hughes Fire, was first reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. along Lake Hughes Road, near Castaic Lake and the 5 Freeway, according to Cal Fire. It grew beyond ...

The 10,176-acre fire was at 14% containment as of 7:43 a.m., according to Cal Fire. Officials ordered thousands of people to leave their homes on Wednesday, and most of the orders are still in place.

CalFire engineer Nima Valleiy, from CalFire San Diego Crew 1, directs a group of firefighters as they work to make a fire break in an effort to contain a brushfire on a hillside above Camino Del ...

The fire, named the Clay Fire, burned 38 acres and was 45% contained as of Wednesday morning, according to a Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Department spokesperson. Forward progress of the ...

JAMESTOWN — Staff at the University of Jamestown are moving quickly to ensure students and employees are fed after a fire destroyed the campus dining center early Sunday morning, Jan. 19. The ...