BIG RIG STARS FIRE; I-5 IS SHUT DOWN 12 HOURS.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer CASTAIC -- A big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. with a flat tire sparked a small brush fire early Wednesday morning on Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Smokey Bear is a fictional character of the longest running public service campaign in United States history. The character's mission is to raise public awareness to protect America's forests. Road. Michael Tatum, 25, was driving the J.B. Hunt semi loaded with 15 pallets of motor oil and 12 pallets of antifreeze antifreeze, substance added to a solvent to lower its freezing point. The solution formed is called an antifreeze mixture. Antifreeze is typically added to water in the cooling system of an internal-combustion engine so that it may be cooled below the freezing point when he got a flat and lost control of the truck, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Wendy Hahn. The truck veered to the right, hit the guardrail and crossed the freeway to the center divider, where it caught fire. Tatum escaped uninjured. About 100 gallons of diesel fuel flowed into a storm drain leading to nearby Pyramid Lake, a leak monitored by officials with the state Department of Fish and Game, Hahn said. The fire ignited brush alongside the freeway where about a half-acre burned. The northbound side of the freeway was closed for 12 hours while the truck was unloaded and removed. carol.rock@dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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