The Hughes fire is burning around Castaic Lake north of Castaic.
The blaze broke out shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday amid red flag warnings for the region. Fanned by strong winds, the blaze has grown to more than 9,400 acres, officials say. L.A. County has issued evacuation orders for areas in and around Castaic Lake. This zone roughly encompasses the area east of Lake Piru and the Ventura County border, west of Bouquet Canyon Road, south of Sandberg and north of Castaic Junction.
Most updated evacuation instructions can be found here, and here. Interstate 5 was closed in both directions from the Grapevine to California 126 for several hours but reopened Wednesday evening, according to sheriff's officials. At around 5:30 p.m.
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