ANF, LACFD firefighters are battling multiple hot spots east of the 5 Freeway. Numerous starts along I-5 corridor north of Castaic
Update: 1900 hrs - Winds dying, IC getting good control.
Update: 1834 hrs - 60 acres, I-5 open with CHP escorts - traffic being allowed on I-5 with Round Robin escorts. The closures backed up traffic for several miles.
Firefighters and aircraft making good progress, most hotspots are out and IC cancelled the 2nd LA Dozer.
Update: 1815 hrs - Island IC reporting approximately 45 acres. 3 fires total. 1 fire remained isolated, the 2nd and 3rd fire have burned together.
Update: 1737 hrs - A series of small brush fires has forced a closure of the northbound I-5 Freeway @ Parker.
No structures were threatened
No evacuations ordered.
Location: U.S. Forest Service land north of Castaic,@ Interstate 5 just north of Templin Highway.
IC: Joint command Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County Fire.
IA: 1647 hrs - One larger fire and a series of small brush fires along I-5 burning to the east, appears to be a slope and wind driven, moderate ROS, huge potential.
Resources: Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CAL FIRE, At least three helicopters and a first-alarm unit comprising more than 100 people were dispatched to the fire. Four Air Tankers committed.
Communications:
Ground -172,375
Air - 169.200
Cause: LACoFD & CDF suspicious start, Arson is suspected, Inspector Steve Zermeno says that there is a description of a vehicle belonging to a person who may have set fires in at least three different locations..
Video: ABC 7 video - Link
ANF Twitter: http://twitter.com/AngelesNF - Link
CHP CAD -Incident Link:
| Incident: | 2214 | Type: | Location: | info as of: | 7/1/2009 6:35:13 PM |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS | ||
| 6:34PM | PER 78-S5 1022 EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR 3 UNITS TO RUN RD ROBB FRM TEMPLIN TO CHERRY CANYON AND TURN AND CONTINUE P2,P3,506B CPYS, ONCE GATE IS OPEN 513B RESPOND TO CP TO RELIEVE S5,S8 AND LAISON | |
| 6:34PM | 513B ADVSD LAKE HUGHES ONR TO NB 5 IS OPEN | |
| 6:22PM | CT ETA 15 MIN | |
| 6:20PM | CT ETA FOR HARD CLOSURE NB 5 JNO TEMPLIN PLEASE | |
| 6:19PM | CLOSURED PICKED UP - NB 5 AT PARKER NOW OPEN ** WITH ROUND ROBINS IN PROGRESS | |
| 6:14PM | **** OPENING UP NB 5 AT PARKER **** RUNNING ROUND ROBINS *** OFFICER CANTU TO MAN CLOSURE NB 5 JNO TEMPLIN UNTIL CALTRANS GETS THERE R/SI,CT | |
| 6:12PM | OFFICER CANTU START HEADING TO WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLES START | |
| 6:06PM | NB 5 ALL LANES CLOSED AT PARKER - ALL VEHICLES EXITING AT PARKER | |
| 6:05PM | CALTRANS WE NEED AN ETA PLEASE ASAP | |
| 6:03PM | PLS CONFIRM ALL LANES ARE CLOSED NB ? | |
| 6:03PM | PER 513B ** 1/2 DOZEN UNITS TRAPPED IN CLOSURE ** | |
| 6:00PM | PER 513B ENROUTE TO THE FIRE ZONE COMMAND POST | |
| 5:59PM | PER S8 - WE WILL START ESCORTING PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAPPED IN THE FIRE ZONE - IN THE NEXT 10-15 MINUTES | |
| 5:58PM | CALTRANS - START CLOSURE NB 5 JNO TEMPLIN # 2-3-4 LANES AT THIS TIME - THANKS | |
| 5:52PM | LAKE HUGHES ONR TO NB 5 NOW CLOSED ** BUT NOT MANNED | |
| 5:51PM | PER 78-S5 ** ADVISE CALTRANS ** HAVE CHP MAN CLOSURE NB 5 AT PARKER - BUT CALTRANS RESPOND TO THE SAND SHED TO BLOCK #3-4 LANES - | |
| 5:47PM | 1039 TMC W/LINE 64 INFO | |
| 5:46PM | 1039 INFO TO ENTAC OFC REQ ANY CHANGES IN CLOSURE TO NOTIFY ENTAC | |
| 5:44PM | 1039 OFFICER CALAHAN RE: LINE 61 REQUEST | |
| 5:44PM | ALSO BRING MORE CONES FROM OFFICE | |
| 5:43PM | PER S5 OFFICER CANTU AND OFFICER ROACH AND START HEADING THIS WAY FROM THE OFFICE WITH SEPARATE PATROL VEHICLES | |
| 5:43PM | PLEASE ACTIVATE CMS SIGNS FOR THE NB SIDE CLOSURE | |
| 5:41PM | AS OF NOW - FULL CLOSURE OF THE NB 5 AT PARKER FOR 1 HOUR - AND THEN MAYBE #3-4 LANES CAN OPEN | |
| 5:40PM | BAKERSFIELD CHP OPENING SB 5 AT 138 | |
| 5:39PM | ALL TRAFFIC STOPPED AT PARKER NOW - SETTING UP CLOSURE | |
| 5:38PM | LOOKS LIKE FIRE IS BURNING NORTHEAST DIRECTION - NO EVACUATIONS NEEDED AT PARADISE RANCH - ADVISE CALTRANS LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NEED YOU AT THE SAND SHED #3-4 LANES | |
| 5:37PM | PER 146B - AT HASLEY - WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN NB 5 AT PARKER - STARTING A BREAK NOW | |
| 5:26PM | 1039 S8 RE: LINE 48,50 | |
| 5:23PM | ALL BLU--SIGALERT ISSUED | |
| 5:22PM | CFD HELICOPTER HAS LANDED ON THE FREEWAY NB 5 AT THE BRAKE CHECK AREA | |
| 5:20PM | PLEASE ISSUE A SIGLAERT ** ALL LANES SHUT DOWN NB 5 AT PARKER FOR MUPLTIPLE FIRES IN THIS AREA - ALL VEHICLES BEING TAKEN OFF AR PARKER | |
| 5:20PM | START HARD CLOSURE - NB 5 AT PARKER ROAD - ETA FOR HARD CLOSURE PLEASE | |
| 5:18PM | 1039 BKERSFIELD | |
| 5:17PM | PER S5 - HAVE A UNIT START TAKING VEHICLES AT PARKER - ANOTHER UNIT BLOCK AT LAKE HUGHES ONR - LASO HAS FREEWAY SHUT DOWN ALREADY | |
| 5:15PM | PER 506B *** START GOING AROUND THE BRAKE CHECK AND TRAFFIC IS AT A DEAD STOP *** INFO FOR UNITS | |
| 5:14PM | PER 146B - READY TO HEAD UP TO THE FIRE | |
| 5:10PM | CT--NOT SURE OF CLOSURE EXTENT YET--UNITS NOT 1097 TO ADVISE | |
| 5:09PM | PER BFCB, FT TEJON HAS SUSP VEH STOPPED NB 5 AT FT TEJON OC | |
| 5:08PM | CT INQUIRE WHAT WILL BE CLOSED? | |
| 5:06PM | 1039 LAFD 72, COPIES ALL SUSP INFO, WILL PASS INFO ONTO ARSON INVESTIGATORS | |
| 5:06PM | ROLL CALTRANS FOR LONG TERM CLOSURE | |
| 5:04PM | 1039 78-S8 RE LN 18 - WCB TO ADVS WHICH UNITS TO SHUT DWN FWY WHERE | |
| 5:03PM | LACOFD 97 ADVS SMOKE COVERING FWY REQ UNITS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL | |
| 5:02PM | TERESA FM USFS ADVS 3 SEP FIRES HERE FM SAND SHED NORTH - SMOKE OVER FWY - REQ CHP SHUT DOWN NB LNS | |
| 4:57PM | PER S8 ( FROM LASO ) PTYS FROM VEHICLE ON LINE 7 : 2 MWA S LONG HAIR - RP NO MANE BUT PHONE # 661-487-9898 - ALL THIS INFO PER S8 - PER S8 ADVISE LACOFD OF THIS INFO FOR ARSON INVESTIGATORS | |
| 4:53PM | PER DUPE CALLER - WHI P/U IN THIS AREA RIGHT BEFORE FIRE STARTED - UNK MAKE OR MODEL | |
| 4:49PM | RP THINKS GRN STRN L/5CBA403 SET FIRES | |
| 4:47PM | ONE LARGE FIRE, OTHERS ARE SMALL | |
| 4:47PM | 1039 LACOFD | |
| 4:47PM | MULTIPLE FIRES TO EAST OF FWY | |
| RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS | ||
| 5:26PM | CHP Unit On Scene | |
| 6:29PM | CHP Unit On Scene | |
| 6:36PM | CHP Unit Enroute | |
| 6:36PM | CHP Unit On Scene | |
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