A semi-truck caught fire just south of Gorman Monday, snarling traffic on the 5 Freeway. Around 11:30 a.m. Monday, firefighters received reports of a vehicle fire on the northbound 5 Freeway north of Smokey Bear Road near Gorman. When units arrived on scene, they reported a fully involved semi-truck fire. Crews were able to extinguish the flames and prevent the ...

A brush fire broke out in the Newhall Pass Wednesday, impacting traffic on the 5 Freeway. The brush fire, dubbed the Hanger Fire, was first reported around 9:45 a.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway south of the 14 Freeway in Newhall. UPDATE (10:30 a.m.): Forward progression of the fire has been stopped. First on scene units reported the fire was ...

A vehicle fire spread to the brush on the 5 Freeway north of Castaic Wednesday morning. The brush fire was first reported around 11:45 a.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway north of Templin Highway. A vehicle caught fire and spread to the surrounding brush, according to officials on scene. Firefighters were able to hold the fire to less than an ...

A vehicle fire spread to the nearby brush north of Castaic Tuesday. Just before 12 p.m. Tuesday, a vehicle caught fire on the northbound 5 Freeway 1 mile north of Templin Highway, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials. UPDATE (12:43 p.m.): Forward progression of the fire has been stopped at 8 acres, according to officials. The northbound 2, 3, ...

UPDATE: A brush fire in Agua Dulce Monday that threatened nearby structures was quickly halted. Just before 5 p.m. Monday, firefighters received reports of a brush fire in the 11000 block of Sierra Highway in Agua Dulce, according to officials. UPDATE (5:22 pm): Forward progress of the fire has been stopped at 2 acres, according to officials. UPDATE (5:15 pm): ...

A brush fire in Agua Dulce was quickly halted early Tuesday morning. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, firefighters received reports of a brush fire near Chrisco and Steele Avenues in Agua Dulce, said Luis Garcia, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Within an hour, crews were able to stop forward progression of the fire. The blaze burned one ...

The Coyote Fire broke out Friday northeast of Santa Clarita prompting a response from firefighters. The brush fire, dubbed the Coyote fire, was first reported around 3:50 p.m. Friday, on Templin Highway near The Old Ridge Route about three miles east of the 5 Freeway, northeast of Castaic, said Jon Matheny, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. ...

A brush fire broke out Saturday, prompting a response From firefighters on the 14 Freeway near Escondido Canyon Road. UPDATE (6:20 p.m.): The fire has been held to 9 acres in size by firefighters. UPDATE (4:50 p.m.): The location of the fire has been updated to the 14 Freeway near Agua Dulce Canyon Road, and has burned five acres, according ...

A brush fire, dubbed the Route Fire, broke out on Saturday afternoon with flames on both sides of the 5 Freeway in Castaic.  UPDATE (11:10 a.m.): The No. 1 and 2 lanes of the northbound and southbound 5 Freeway have been opened, while No. 3 and 4 lanes have been temporarily shut-down as firefighters work to combat hot spots along the ...

A Soledad Canyon brush fire north of Santa Clarita prompted a response from firefighters Wednesday. UPDATE (3:35 p.m.): Forward progression of the Soledad Fire has been stopped at 1.5 acres, according to Fire officials. See Original Story: The brush fire, dubbed the Soledad Fire, was first reported around 4 p.m. Wednesday, in the 10000 block of Soledad Canyon Road in ...