CA-LAC/ANF- Island - I-5 brush fires - 75 acres 100%

ANF, LACFD firefighters are battling multiple hot spots east of the 5 Freeway. Numerous starts along I-5 corridor north of Castaic

Castaic Interstate 5 fires
Photo credit: Screenshot from ABC 7 video - Link

Update: 2100 hrs - 100% contained @ 75 acres
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:

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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