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 trash truck fire on the 5 Freeway Thursday morning in Valencia prompted a response from firefighters, officials said. On Thursday around 8:40 a.m. firefighters received reports of a trash truck fire on the northbound 5 Freeway south of Highway 126 near the truck scales, said Sean Ferguson, an inspector for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “Units are on ...