The Hughes fire started off of Lake Hughes Road ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Traffic was snarled out of Castaic as residents in hillside communities ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the state's primary wildland firefighting agency, protecting over 31 million acres of California's privately owned wildlands.

A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee was arrested Friday on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks, officials said. By OLGA R ...