FIRE, FREEWAY MESS BLAZE NEAR POWER LINES BRINGS MOTORISTS TO STANDSTILL.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Flames threatening power lines that cross the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. shut down that thoroughfare Monday afternoon through 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, , turning the usual tedious commute into a nightmare. Worried that the live wires would fall on traffic, officials closed not only the freeway, but Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , the logical alternate route for Antelope Valley commuters. ``This is probably the worst time of day to have any incident happen on the freeway,'' said Officer Doug Sweeney of the California Highway Patrol. ``It's a mess.'' Traffic backed up for miles on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. approaching Highway 14 and jammed Santa Clarita city streets. Soledad Canyon Road, another popular commuter route between Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley, was gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. from Bouquet Canyon Road to Golden Valley Road, sheriff's deputies said. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers reported that many motorists made U-turns on the 14 and on Interstate 5 and drove the wrong way, trying to avoid the fire and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . A five-vehicle crash from vehicles going the wrong way was reported on northbound Interstate 5 at its junction with the northbound 14. More than 300 firefighters battled the 40-acre fire with help from air crews. Fanned by 15 mph winds, the fire split in two, said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Mike Brown. Flames broke out about 1 p.m. near the freeway and Placerita Canyon Road and was nearly out by about 2:30. Then a small spot fire ignited nearby, soon burning out of control toward houses lining the freeway. One county firefighter was treated for a minor knee injury and one inmate crew member was overcome by heat, Brown said. At least four fires have raged through the bone-dry brush surrounding Santa Clarita in recent months. Firefighters had predicted a bad fire years after two drought years. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) In the early minutes of Monday's Antelope Valley blaze along the freeway, motorists kept one eye on the flames -- but kept going. (2 -- 3 -- color) Traffic on the jammed freeway, closed when flames came dangerously near power lines, is routed off at San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . At left, a camp crew makes its way through heavy smoke to reach the blaze that broke out along the Antelope Valley Freeway. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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