Car Rolled-Over Catches Fire On I-15, Starting Brush Fire In The Cajon Pass Monday Night

CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> What caused the vehicle to crash was not immediately known, but fire from the vehicle spread to nearby brush, burning about less than an acre before firefighters stopped it.

California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County firefighters were getting calls of a vehicle that went off the freeway and rolled-over then caught fire. The crash was located about a mile after Kenwood Avenue exit on northbound Interstate 15. The crash and fire happened on Monday about 8:44pm June 20, 2022. California Highway Patrol and firefighters were on the scene and had to temporarily shut down the slow lane while they worked on getting the vehicle fire and the brush fire put out.

The vehicle landed about 100 feet down the embankment of the freeway. Everybody did escape the vehicle before it became fully engulfed. No major injuries were reported at the scene. The cause of the crash and the fire is unknown at this time.

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