A brush fire burning in the Southern California foothills overran a packed freeway in a mountain pass on Friday, torching several vehicles as drivers abandoned their cars and scrambled to safety.
Television images showed fire-fighting aircraft dropping water onto burning vehicles. At least three cars and two tractor-trailer rigs, one carrying new vehicles, were in flames on the Interstate 15 freeway that links Southern California and Las Vegas.
Drivers could be seen standing on the side of the road in the Cajon Pass, their vehicles left stranded in the gridlocked traffic.
The wildfire, which broke out on Friday in the drought-parched foothills of San Bernardino County, had charred more than 500 acres (200 hectares) by late afternoon as crews battled to get it under control.
People walking away from cars. Interstate 15 California Cajon Pass Livestream http://t.co/dzTNjHqx3w Need masks pic.twitter.com/QUbVNA9453
— Northlandfox (@northlandfox) July 18, 2015Evacuation center for residents displaced by the #NorthFire is Serrano High School in Phelan http://t.co/NSsociqSBa pic.twitter.com/l8upwFkHIM
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) July 18, 2015#BREAKING UPDATE from unified command: #NorthFire now at 3,500 acres. Full updates at https://t.co/Ie38bvhkVG pic.twitter.com/x1q0geD6TF
— Dave Stewart (@d_stewCNN) July 18, 2015Amazing! In all my years covering SoCal brush fires I've never seen anything like this. Drivers caught in #NorthFire pic.twitter.com/O5ycVXPjM4
— Leanne Suter (@ABC7Leanne) July 17, 2015
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