Fires and Explosions

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 […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Troopers with the California Highway Patrol were forced to close all lanes on a busy I-5 on-ramp following a vehicle fire Thursday evening. According to Caltrans, the incident was reported at about 5:39 on the ramp from westbound State Route 905 to southbound I-5. WB SR-905 ramp to SB I-5, all […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Police in San Diego are searching for a suspect in connection to a trash can fire that damaged a San Diego home Thursday morning. According to KGTV, the blaze was reported at about 2 a.m. within the 3300 block of Meade Avenue. Witnesses believe they heard noises outside before the fire […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – A sedan caught fire after a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 805 in San Diego on Tuesday afternoon, according to CHP. A grey Acura SUV collided with a dark grey Nissan Altima in the southbound lanes north of Murray Ridge Road at about 12:45 p.m. The Nissan caught fire soon after the […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Firefighters responded to a crash and vehicle fire on the Interstate 15 express lanes in Mira Mesa late on Tuesday night. According to CHP, the a sedan went up into the air and then crashed down going the wrong direction on the I-15 HOV lane near Mire Mesa Boulevard at about […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – A vehicle fire was reported on State Route 15 on Friday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol traffic report. A silver SUV was reported to be smoking on the side of the road on State Route 15 near University Avenue at about 2:40 p.m. The vehicle was spewing black and […]

CORONADO, CA – Caltrans San Diego reported a car fire on the eastbound lanes of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge yesterday evening. According to the report, the incident happened at around 5:57 p.m. At time time, it’s unclear if anyone was injured in the fire. We can confirm that the right lane was closed for about an […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – An elderly woman was able to safely exit her vehicle after it caught fire on Interstate 8 in El Cajon on Wednesday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, a woman pulled over her tan Lexus sedan to the righthand side of eastbound I-8 after it started billowing smoke. She exited […]

SAN DIEGO, CA – Firefighters responded to the scene of a car fire on an Interstate 805 offramp in Chula Vista on Tuesday morning. According to CHP, the vehicle was able to pull to the righthand side just north of the offramp from the northbound I-805 to Telegraph Canyon Road at about 10:15 a.m. The […]

EL CAJON, CA – A car fire was reported this morning near Rancho Elementary School in El Cajon. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred on the State Route 125 Paradise Valley on-ramp at around 11:39 a.m. A blue Audi A4 was entering northbound SR-125 when the vehicle caught fire and the motorist […]