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, ...

Several southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway were shut down due to a wildfire near Fort Tejon on Friday afternoon. About 4:20 p.m. Friday, emergency responders from Kern County Fire Department, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) started hearing reports of a small brush fire on the 5 Freeway near the Fort Tejon State Historic ...