CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A small vegetation fire sparked in the center divider of the Cajon Pass Sunday afternoon.
The fire broke out at around 12:20pm Sunday July 31, 2022, about a mile after Cleghorn Road exit according to the Fire Department. San Bernardino County Fire Department, CAL Fire with help from San Bernardino US Forest Service were getting calls of a small brush fires in the Cajon Pass.
A Caltrans worker was first on scene and used his fire extinguisher to help extinguished the flames. With the winds gusting the worker couldn’t extinguish the fire. US Forest Service firefighters quickly were on scene. They ask the California Highway Patrol to closed the fast lane on northbound Interstate 15 side as they work to extinguish the flames from the center divider.
The forward rate of spread was quickly stopped and extinguished in less than a half an hour totaling approximately a quarter of a acre. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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