BREAKING NEWS 4:30 P.M. - WONDERING ABOUT I-5 TRAFFIC HASSLES IN NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO, CALIF. HERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY.
A series of small fires charred brush along northbound Interstate 5 near Manchester Avenue on Monday afternoon, casting clouds of smoke over the freeway and forcing authorities to close a lane briefly as firefighters doused the blazes.
Firefighters responded to reports of three or four small fires burning on a hill near the freeway about 2:30 p.m., a NorthComm dispatcher said.
| Structure or Grass Fire - 5 South Before Lomas Santa Fe Dr |
| * Message/Item Delivered North Comm |
| * Brush Fire |
| * Per Able, Just North of Manchester, Sml Brush Fire the Right Shoulder |
| * Just South of Mancester Right Shoulder Per Able |
| * Able Advised Fire 97 |
| * Able Advised Fire Department Traffic Hazard Slow Lane/rs |
| * Fire Department Has #4 and 5 Lane Blocked |
| * Issue Sigalert |
| * Traffic Backing Up North and South Lanes |
| * CHP Unit on Scene |
| * Sigalert Issued Blue1, CHP Uhf1 or 2, CO Call |
| * Sigalert Issued, Unknown Duration, 5 South Before Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Brush Fires, Lanes 4 and 5 Blocked |
| * Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: 1167 7G |
Fire causes were not immediately known. Also holding up traffic was this accident, according to CHP:
| Traffic Collision - No Injuries - 5 South Before Del Mar Heights Rd |
| * Ford Focus and Unknown Sedan |
| * on Right Shoulder |
| * Silver Ford Pick-Up Truck vs a Red Ford Focus with an Female |
| * Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: 1187 6J |
