Interstate 5 is closed due to the Hughes Fire that erupted earlier Wednesday. “All lanes of northbound & southbound I-5 are CLOSED through the Grapevine due to the Hughes Fire,” Caltrans posted on social media around 3 p.m.

Interstate 5 was closed in both directions from the Grapevine to Castaic as the Hughes Fire burned Wednesday afternoon.The Hughes Fire broke our Wednesday morni

A large brush fire that erupted near Interstate 5 in Castaic has burned more than 9,000 acres, causing several evacuation orders and warnings Wednesday morning.

Two of the three northbound lanes on the Interstate 5 Bridge will close Thursday night as crews perform maintenance work.

A fire spreading rapidly north of Los Angeles has shut one of California’s main transportation arteries.

California Highway Patrol was dispatched around 4:26 a.m. to southbound Interstate 5 near the offramp for Husted Road in Colusa County.

A fast-moving wildfire in northern Los Angeles County exploded mid-morning Wednesday, quickly growing from 50 acres to more than 5,000 acres in heavy brush near Castaic Lake. The fire has now closed all lanes of the busy Interstate 5 corridor in the Santa Clarita Valley,

The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, grew to more than 8,000 acres in a little over four hours, with no containment. Nearby schools and tens of thousands of residents were evacuated.

On Saturday at 2:43 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a red flag warning valid from Monday 10 a.m. until Tuesday 10 p.m.

The California Highway Patrol announced the closure of I-5 from Grapevine Road in Fort Tejon to Highway 126, just north of the Castaic Junction Wednesday

A wreck on southbound Interstate 5 near Mounts Road was backing up traffic Monday afternoon. The crash occurred about 12:45 p.m. and blocked the right lane. Traffic had backed up as far as the Lewis North gate at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as of 1:30 p.m., according the WSDOT traffic map.

Amid an extended red flag warning, the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic on Wednesday and quickly grew to more than 9,400 acres. About 31,000 people in areas surrounding the fire were under evacuation orders.