APPLE VALLEY, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A Jeep caught fire on southbound Interstate 15 jammed the Sunday afternoon commute

California Highway Patrol and Apple Valley Fire Department were getting calls of a black Jeep Grand Cherokee on fire. The vehicle was located on southbound I-15 about a mile before the Stoddard Wells Road/Bell Mountain Rd. exit, at about 1:25pm on Sunday September 25, 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 put out. The 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. Flames were reported coming under the hood.

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