2008 Annual Fire Thread

[Not Afraid]

I was just getting caught up on what's going on out there.

Sylmar and Monticito are bad, but there's a newer fire in Anaheim Hills?Brea area. Plus. there are lots of road closures.

Southern California fire road closures *

1:24 PM, November 15, 2008
* Updated below, as of 1:24 p.m.
The fire burning in the Sylmar area is expected to jam traffic through the day in the San Fernando Valley and beyond. Here's what's closed now:
-- 5 Freeway closed at Newhall Pass. Vehicles taken off the freeway northbound at San Fernando Mission Boulevard and southbound in Santa Clarita.
-- 210 Freeway closed in both directions from 5 Freeway through Sylmar.
-- 118 Freeway connection roads closed at the 405 Freeway.
-- 405 Freeway closed at 118 Freeway.
-- 14 Freeway closed at Newhall Pass.
-- Metrolink train service in north Valley area.
-- 91 Freeway closed at Green River Parkway in Yorba Linda.
--57 Freeway jammed in Brea because of smoke.
Updated: More closures from Los Angeles Police Department Media Relations Officer Julianne Sohn via City News Service. Northbound from each of the following intersections:
Bledsoe Street and Foothill Boulevard; Filbert Street and Foothill Boulevard; Rinaldi Street and Woodley Avenue; Balboa Boulevard and San Fernando Street; Hubbard Street and Eldridge Avenue; Eldridge Avenue and Sayre Street; Shablow Avenue and Gavina Avenue; Gavina Avenue and Hubbard Street; Foothill Boulevard and Osborne Street; Rinaldi Street and Balboa Boulevard; Foothill (210) Freeway northbound off-ramp at Osborne Street; and Osborne Street north of Foothill Boulevard.