A vehicle fire was extinguished by firefighters Friday morning in Gorman. Around 11 a.m. Friday, firefighters received reports of a vehicle fire on the southbound 5 Freeway south of Frazier Mountain Road in Gorman. A GMC truck was fully involved, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) logs. Once on scene, firefighters quickly extinguished the flames that burned the truck and ...

A big rig hauling garbage caught fire early Tuesday morning in Newhall which blocked the northbound 5 Freeway off-ramp to Calgrove Boulevard for several hours. Around 4:55 a.m. Tuesday, a big rig hauling a trailer stopped on the right shoulder of northbound 5 Freeway near the Calgrove Boulevard off-ramp, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ...

A vehicle fire closed part of the southbound 5 Freeway north of Castaic Monday morning. At about 8:30 a.m. Monday, emergency responders from Los Angeles and Kern Counties received reports of a vehicle on fire on the southbound 5 Freeway near Fort Tejon Road, about 30 miles north of Castaic, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) incident logs. Upon arrival, ...

A vehicle fire spread to the nearby brush on the 5 Freeway north of Castaic Wednesday, and was quickly stopped. Around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters received reports of a fire on the northbound 5 Freeway north of Templin Highway, said Kaitlyn Aldana, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “There was a vehicle that caught fire and spread into ...

A brush fire broke out Tuesday in the Newhall Pass.  The brush fire, dubbed the Ridge Fire, was first reported around 3 p.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway truck route near the 14 Freeway interchange, said Geovanni Sanchez, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD).  As of 3:10 p.m. the fire is at one-quarter acre, according to Sanchez.  ...

A Gorman brush fire broke out off the 5 Freeway north of Santa Clarita Friday evening. UPDATE (7:00 p.m.): Forward progress on the fire has been stopped. At around 6 p.m. Friday, first responders received reports of a Gorman brush fire off the northbound 5 Freeway north of Highway 138, according to Supervisor Peters with the Los Angeles County Fire ...

A Prius caught fire following a 5 Freeway crash north of Castaic Tuesday. Around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a single-vehicle crash on the southbound 5 Freeway south of TEMPLIN Highway, said a Craig Little, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A Prius caught fire as a result of the crash, however, the fire did ...

A brush fire broke out Tuesday north of Castaic due to downed power lines. The brush fire, dubbed the 5 Fire, was first reported around 11 a.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway south of Templin Highway, said Craig Little, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. As of 11:10 a.m., the 5 Fire was a quarter acre in size ...

A vehicle fire on the 5 Freeway prompted a response from firefighters Tuesday.  The vehicle fire, dubbed the Calgrove Incident, was reported on the northbound 5 Freeway near Calgrove Boulevard in Newhall, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD).  “It went out as a brush fire, when we got on scene it was a vehicle fire, ...

A vehicle fire has spread to surrounding brush on the 5 Freeway north of Castaic Friday, with forward progression stopped. Initially, the brush fire, dubbed the Danielle Fire, was reported around 3:15 p.m. on the southbound 5 Freeway north of Fraizer Mountain Park Road north of Castaic, said Geovanni Sanchez, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. As a ...