Firefighters held the Hughes fire in check overnight, keeping the blaze at 10,176 acres with 24% containment as of Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23. The fire, burning near Castaic in the Antelope Valley, ...
"They kept the fire from spreading to Elderberry Canyon, the Castaic Hydroelectric Power Plant and surrounding communities." Cal Fire said firefighters are focusing Thursday on holding the fire in ...
The Hughes fire is burning just a few miles southeast of the Castaic Power Plant, a “pumped storage” hydroelectric plant operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. LADWP has ...