GRAPEVINE FIRE BACKS UP TRAFFIC ON I-5.Byline: Staff and Wire Services GORMAN -- A brush fire near the Grapevine grew to 2,500 acres Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , knocked out electricity to thousands of people and backed up traffic on a major freeway, authorities said. The fire was reported about noon east of Interstate 5 at Quail Lake Quail Lake is a lake near the San Andreas Fault in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located along the north side of State Route 138, and lies along the West Branch California Aqueduct. near Highway 138, said Inspector Jason Hurd of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . It was about 15 percent contained by 6:20 p.m., with about 425 firefighters on scene, Hurd said. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion heat exhaustion, condition caused by overexposure to sunlight or another heat source and resulting in dehydration and salt depletion, also known as heat prostration. The symptoms are severe headaches, weakness, dizziness, blurred vision, and sometimes unconsciousness. . The fire threatened a Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. substation and burned a high-voltage transmission wire, knocking out electricity to about 4,400 Edison customers, utility spokesman Jeremy Rawitch said. Power had been restored to all but about 500 customers near the freeway by 5:45 p.m. A section of the freeway had been closed earlier in the day, backing up traffic for miles, but by Sunday night all lanes were open, according to the California Highway Patrol. |
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