BRUSH FIRE CLOSES I-5 LANES AS CREWS FIGHT FLAMES.Byline: Daily News CASTAIC -- A small brush fire broke out Tuesday north of Castaic, forcing closure of the northbound Interstate 5. The freeway lanes were closed for about an hour to accommodate firefighting equipment parked on the roadway. Flames broke out about 2:30 p.m. on the left shoulder of the northbound freeway lanes near Templin Highway Templin Highway is a two-lane road from Interstate 5 and the old Golden State Highway east to the north end of the Castaic Reservoir in Los Angeles County, California, United States. . Just two acres burned in the same area that burned two weeks ago, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Fire Capt. Mark Savage said. The fire was out within a half-hour and the lanes reopened by 3:30 p.m. Extra firefighting forces were in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. on Tuesday, a day after some 600 acres burned in Placerita and Sand canyons in what investigators said was arson. Hot, dry conditions prompted a red-flag warning that was due to expire at 9 p.m. Tuesday. The mercury hit 103 Tuesday in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , but temperatures are expected to cool through the weekend. The forecast calls for highs in the 80s to mid-90s today, then highs in the 80s to mid-90s through Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. . |
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