Two separate vehicle fires along Interstate 5 near Castaic led to temporary lane closures Friday night and again Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. The first incident happened around 9:35 p.m. Friday, when a semi-truck caught fire about two miles south of Quail Lake Road, according to CHP officials. The fire prompted Caltrans to implement a hard closure ...

The number of brush fires in Santa Clarita dropped by 28 percent in 2022, however, firefighters still responded to almost the same amount of overall fire calls as in 2021.  In 2022, firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) responded to 373 confirmed fires in the Santa Clarita Valley, compared to 376 in 2021, according to data released ...