A brush fire north of Santa Clarita prompted a response from firefighters to the 5 Freeway on Friday.
UPDATE (6:56 p.m.): The number three lane of the northbound 5 Freeway has been opened.
UPDATE (4 p.m.): The fire has reached 225 acres with 5 percent containment, according to Fire officials.
UPDATE (2:30 p.m.): The Emigrant Fire is now at least 100 acres in size with rapid growth to the north, according to Angeles National Forest officials.
UPDATE (2:18 p.m.): The No. 3 and No. 4 lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway have been closed just south of Vista Del Lago Road, according to Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the Newhall California Highway Patrol office.
UPDATE (2:08 p.m.): The Emigrant Fire has spread to 30 acres with a potential of 200 acres within the hour, according to officials.
BRUSH FIRE 9/17/21 @LACoFireAirOps water dropping helicopters assisting @Angeles_NF @LACoFD with the #EmigrantFire off Interstate 5 near Pyramid Lake, CA. Named after Emigrant Landing (a boating facility at Pyramid Lake). With @CHP_Newhall @CHPFortTejon @CaltransDist7 pic.twitter.com/5jy8Sv1SUn
— LACoFireAirOps (@LACoFireAirOps) September 17, 2021
UPDATE (2 p.m.): The blaze had spread to 25 acres within 30 minutes, according to Fire officials.
#ImmigrantFire – 5 acres with a potential for 20 acres. Motorists exercise extreme caution in the area. @CaltransDist7 @CHP_Newhall @LACoFDPIO
— Angeles National Forest (@Angeles_NF) September 17, 2021
Around 1:40 p.m. Friday, first responders received reports of a brush fire on the northbound 5 Freeway near Vista Del Lago in Gorman, said Ian Connly, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
“It was a well-involved truck fire that spread to the brush,” Connly said.
As of 1:40 p.m., the blaze, named the Emigrant Fire, has burned 5 acres with no structures threatened, according to Fire officials.
Ed. Note: This is a breaking news story, more information will be added as it becomes available.
Photo Courtesy of PG&E as of 1:50 p.m. Friday
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