A large brush fire that erupted near Interstate 5 in Castaic has burned more than 10,000 acres, causing several evacuation orders and warnings Wednesday morning
A key stretch of Interstate 5 was closed Wednesday afternoon to southbound traffic due to a fast-moving wildfire sweeping through Southern California. The Hughes Fire sparked around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday near Castiac , according to the Angeles National Forest.
Interstate 5 is closed due to the Hughes Fire that erupted earlier Wednesday. “All lanes of northbound & southbound I-5 are CLOSED through the Grapevine due to the Hughes Fire,” Caltrans posted on social media around 3 p.m.
Interstate 5 was closed in both directions from the Grapevine to Castaic as the Hughes Fire burned Wednesday afternoon.The Hughes Fire broke our Wednesday morni
Officially, the bridge replacement is anticipated to cost around $6 billion, with roughly half coming from federal sources, according to the program’s own estimates.
Two of the three northbound lanes on the Interstate 5 Bridge will close Thursday night as crews perform maintenance work.
A fire spreading rapidly north of Los Angeles has shut one of California’s main transportation arteries.
Interstate 5 has been closed down temporarily because of the Hughes Fire. Authorities hurried to the site in Los Angeles and tried to control the fire.
A vehicle fire in Tacoma on southbound Interstate 5 has caused traffic backups Thursday afternoon. Three right lanes are blocked at milepost 131.8 near South 38th Street, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation Tacoma on X at 3:01 p.m.
On Saturday at 2:43 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a red flag warning valid from Monday 10 a.m. until Tuesday 10 p.m.
Caltrans says the No.1 southbound lane of Interstate 5 near the Husted Road exit has now reopened following the earlier closure caused by an overturned semi-truck.
The California Highway Patrol announced the closure of I-5 from Grapevine Road in Fort Tejon to Highway 126, just north of the Castaic Junction Wednesday