August 24, 2026 7:40 AM

Vehicle Fire Causing Major Delays On Highway 138 Sunday Night

HESPERIA, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A car caught fire on Highway 138 in the Cajon Pass on Sunday night. Creating a black smoke cloud that you could see for miles.

California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino County Fire, and San Bernardino National Forest Firefighters were getting calls of a gray Kia Rio sedan on fire about three miles away from Interstate 15 about 7:14pm on Sunday May 15, 2022. California Highway Patrol and firefighters were on the scene and had to temporarily shut down the highway while they worked on getting the vehicle fire put out. There was no threat to vegetation being burned.

Everybody did escape the vehicle before it became fully engulfed. No injuries were reported at the scene. The cause of the vehicle fire is unknown at this time.

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Cajon Pass
7:40 am, Aug 24, 2026
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Humidity: 26 %
Pressure: 1015 mb
Wind: 2 mph
Wind Gust: 4 mph
Clouds: 15%
Visibility: 10 km
Sunrise: 6:17 am
Sunset: 7:26 pm
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