SPARKS ON A SIZZLING-HOT DAY RAPID SERIES OF SMALL BRUSH BLAZES KEEPS FIRE CREWS BUSY.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer An 18-year-old man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of setting a fire along 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. at Escondido Canyon Road, officials said. The blaze was the first in a series of fires that sprang up in rapid succession early Saturday afternoon and were extinguished by county and Forest Service firefighters. Arson-and-explosives unit deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. were investigating the series of 10 small hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. extinguished by firefighters. The suspect, whose name was not immediately available, was being held at the Palmdale sheriff's station. According to the California Highway Patrol, members of the public reported seeing the fire set by young suspects with a flare gun. Sheriff's department officials at the Palmdale office could not confirm whether such an instrument was involved. The cause of the nine other fires was not immediately known. The spot fires, each contained to no more than two acres apiece, were reported along a 20-mile stretch of the freeway as far north as Red Rover Mine Road and as far south as 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. and Highway 14 interchange. Specific locations included Crown Valley Road, Agua Dulce Canyon Road, Golden Valley Road, Placerita Canyon Road, 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 , Sierra Highway and Dockweiler Drive and The Old Road where it crosses under the freeway. The fires snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic and forced the closure of several off-ramps. The incidents were still under investigation late Saturday. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in SAC edition only) L.A. County firefighters extinguish a small brush fire that started along the southbound 14 Freeway. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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