May 17, 2026 11:34 AM

Good Samaritan, Fire Crews Extinguish Small Brush Fire next to Highway 138

CAJON PASS, CA (Pain In The Pass) >> The quick thinking of good Samaritans prevented a brush fire from getting out of hand Saturday afternoon. (Photo above is credit by Maritza Sanchez)

The California Highway Partol and fire crews reports were dispatched to a brush fire just before 4pm August 17, on the right shoulder of Highway 138 about two miles away from Interstate 15 on the Hesperia side of Hwy 138.

The good Samaritans managed to slow the flames from getting out of control and stayed at the scene until the fire department arrived.

Fire crews said, “If the flames were blazing, we would have had to shut the highway down and call for more resources to help.

At 4:18pm fire crews were able to stopped forward progress less than a acre burned.

They said it was human-caused fire, and named the fire the “Train Fire.”

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