Fires and Explosions

SAN DIEGO, CA – Authorities were directing traffic on State Route 78 in the Santa Ysabel area while firefighters put out a vehicle blaze on Wednesday afternoon. According to Caltrans San Diego on Twitter, the vehicle fire started on SR-78 west of SR-79 at about 5:45 p.m. While firefighters worked to extinguish the flames, traffic […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Lanes were shut down on State Route 125 while firefighters put out a car fire in the Spring Valley area on Tuesday morning. According to CHP, a white sedan was on the righthand side of northbound SR-125 near Jamacha Boulevard when smoke was seen coming from the vehicle at about 11:50 […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Additional information has come to light regarding Tuesday’s collision and resulting vehicle fire, ABC 10 reports. This is an update to an earlier post. The incident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on the ramp leading from I-8 westbound to Route 163 southbound. We now know that a Honda sedan was among […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – A car, being towed by a tow truck, caught fire in Chula Vista on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The flatbed pickup truck was exiting to Bonita Road from Interstate 805 at about 11:22 a.m. Someone called 911 to report that the car in the flatbed was smoking […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – A multiple-vehicle accident led to a pickup truck catching fire on Interstate 8 in the Mission Valley area on Tuesday morning. According to Fox News San Diego, several vehicles collided near the exit to Hotel Circle at about 8:30 a.m. The pickup then caught fire. All lanes were closed for a […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – The HOV lanes on Interstate 15 were blocked on Thursday night because of a vehicle fire, according to Caltrans San Diego. The incident was reported in the northbound express lanes south of Citracado shortly before 9 p.m. The HOV lanes were completely closed to traffic for more than half an hour […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – A car fire on State Route 52 left at least one person with injuries on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. A vehicle caught fire in the eastbound lanes of SR-52 near Santo Road at about 6 a.m. It appeared the vehicle had been turned around in a car […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – One man is lucky to be alive after being saved by his neighbor during a destructive mobile home fire Sunday morning. According to Fox 5 San Diego, the blaze erupted off California 94 near Lyons Valley Road at about 7:30 a.m. Firefighters say the fire began at one mobile home before […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – The underside of an SUV went up in flames on Interstate 5 in Oceanside on Thursday afternoon after a fuel leak started a fire. According to CHP, the incident occurred on northbound Interstate 5 near State Route 76 at about 1:25 p.m. A passerby pulled over by the SUV and discovered […]

FALLBROOK, CA – A Marine from Camp Pendleton was able to rescue a small child from a burning vehicle in Fallbrook on December 7th. According to KTLA, Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter came across a burning vehicle with the child’s mother standing on the outside. The father was inside the vehicle working to free the child […]