Big Rig Catches Fire, Spills Fuel Off 5 Freeway In Sylmar
A big rig burst into flames off the 5 Freeway in Sylmar, igniting brush and shutting down freeway lanes on the 5 Freeway.
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A big rig burst into flames off the 5 Freeway in Sylmar, igniting brush and shutting down freeway lanes on the 5 Freeway.
Firefighters quickly extinguish garage fire in Sylmar.
The two closures in the 5 Freeway bottleneck into Sylmar caused several miles of backup into Santa Clarita.
The new center will open at 9:30 a.m. at the Sylmar Recreation Center on Borden Avenue. Residents can come to the center to get help with replacing lost records, filing insurance claims, applying for disaster assistance, and get information on property cleanup, repair and rebuilding.
The fire broke out beneath a Southern California Edison high-voltage transmission line in Sylmar.
Los Angeles police were asking for the public's help in a possible kidnapping investigation of three children from Sylmar.
Arson investigators confirmed Monday that the deadly and destructive Saddle Ridge Fire started under a high-voltage transmission tower.
The 4,700-acre Saddle Ridge Fire has forced mandatory evacuations, closed several freeways and sent thousands seeking shelter.
As the deadly and devastating Saddle Ridge Fire continued to burn in several communities, so did the question of what started the fire.
Fire officials say the Saddle Ridge Fire has grown to 4,700 acres as of daybreak Friday, after initially being reported as a 1-acre blaze at 9 p.m. Thursday. One man has died of a heart attack amid the wildfire, which damaged 25 homes.
The 4,700-acre Saddle Ridge Fire has forced the evacuation of more than 12,600 people Friday morning in the San Fernando Valley, shut down several major freeways and closed dozens of schools and universities.
Incredibly, all the animals were safely evacuated.
A man has died and dozens of homes have been destroyed by the wind-driven Saddleridge Fire raging through the foothill communities of Sylmar and Porter Ranch in Los Angeles.
The Saddle Ridge Fire has burned 4,700 acres in the San Fernando Valley, destroyed at least 25 homes and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate.
A fast-growing brush fire is threatening homes in the Sylmar area with mandatory evacuations ordered for approximately 1,900 homes in Oakridge Estates and in the area west of Balboa, north of Sesnon to the Ventura County border with Mason as the western border.
A man who coached wrestling teams at a Sun Valley high school and a San Fernando Boys and Girls Club was sentenced Tuesday to 71 years in state prison for the sexual assaults of nine young athletes.
They are among approximately 400 wild animals being moved after the Wildlife Waystation announced last month it was permanently closing due to fire and flood damage.
Wolves rescued from fur farms and chimpanzees rescued from medical experimentation facilities are some of the waystation's current residents.
A truck carrying grapes and other produce was headed south on the 5 Freeways truck route near the 210 transition when the driver somehow lost control.
Two women are in critical condition Wednesday after being pulled out of a car that had taken out power poles and a fire hydrant in Sylmar.
Fernando Deras was serving a four-year sentence for corporal injury.
A motorcyclist was killed in Sylmar Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m. after crashing and reportedly falling from the elevated transition ramp on the Ronald Reagan Freeway.
Another storm system soaked the Southland Wednesday and put on a spectacular overnight lightning show before it slowly moved out of the area by late afternoon.
Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place for the Woolsey Fire burn area.
It's not clear where the fire started, but flames appeared to have destroyed several of the rear units of the L-shaped strip mall.
