Hazardous materials specialists are on scene of a smoking trailer carrying around 10,000 pounds of lithium-ion batteries that were damaged during travel in Gorman Friday morning. Around 6 a.m. On Friday, first responders received reports of a trailer carrying lithium-ion batteries intermittently smoking on Quail Lake Road in Gorman, just off Interstate 5, according to officials. Officers with the California ...

A car fire following a traffic collision shut down a portion of Sierra Highway in Canyon Country early Monday morning, according to officials. Los Angeles County Fire Department crews were dispatched to the car fire around 12:37 a.m. near Sierra Highway and Soledad Canyon Road, where a sedan was found fully engulfed in flames, said L.A. County Fire Captain Brian ...

A car carrier caught fire on the 5 Freeway in Gorman Wednesday morning. Around 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters received reports of a fire on the southbound 5 Freeway near Gorman School Road in Gorman, according to officials. Officials on scene reported a car carrier was on fire. All lanes of the southbound 5 Freeway were temporarily held by California Highway ...

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, ...

A fiery vehicle crash temporarily closed the northbound 5 Freeway in Castaic Monday morning. At approximately 8:40 a.m. Monday, emergency responders received reports of a traffic collision with at least one vehicle fully engulfed by flames on the northbound 5 Freeway south of Parker Road in Castaic, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) incident logs. At least one of the ...

A vehicle fire on Golden Valley Road snarled traffic Wednesday. Around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters received reports of a fire on Golden Valley Road and Cheryl Lane in Santa Clarita, said Bernard Peters, a dispatch supervisor for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “It was a Cadillac SUV in the center divider, and there was no spread to the nearby ...

A man sleeping inside a car in Stevenson Ranch was awoken by a good Samaritan Wednesday night after his vehicle caught fire. Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, a good Samaritan noticed flames coming from a vehicle in a parking lot near the intersection of The Old Road and Magic Mountain Parkway, then realized that the driver was asleep inside. Mere minutes ...

Firefighters prevented a vehicle fire from spreading to the nearby brush in Sand Canyon Monday morning.  Around 12:05 a.m. Monday, firefighters received reports of a vehicle fire on Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon Roads in Canyon Country, said Kaitlyn Aldana, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.  A brush response was started due to the vehicle fire burning near ...

A man suffered first and second degree burns Saturday after his car burst into flames on the 14 Freeway and spread to the surrounding brush. At around 1:40 p.m. first responders received reports of a car on fire on the 14 Freeway by the Newhall off and on ramps, according to Captain Manny Sampang with the Los Angeles County Fire ...

A 14 Freeway brush fire was quickly halted by firefighters Wednesday. The brush fire, dubbed the Copper Fire was first reported around 3:45 p.m. as a vehicle fire on the northbound 14 Freeway near Escondido Canyon Road in Agua Dulce, said Esteban Benitez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The vehicle fire spread to the surrounding brush, ...