From SCVnews.com

A brush fire erupted Tuesday at about 4:04 p.m. when a tractor-trailer carrying hay caught on fire on northbound Interstate 5 north of Templin Highway.

The hay bales caught fire and ignited the brush on the west side of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

As of 4:40 p.m. the fire was burning uphill in 4- to 5-mph winds and had grown to 5 acres.

No structures are reported to be threatened. The fire is on U.S. Forest Service land.

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