Vibes to people on that california highway that has been hit with forest fire. Breaking on CNN.

[applegrove]

Helicopters trying to douse cars with fire retardant and water right now. Interstate 15.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Local NBC station

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/30-Acre-Brush-Fire-Shuts-Down-15-Fwy-at-Cajun-Pass-316347791.html?F

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. and they are dropping water

[sufrommich]

3. It looks horrible. Hope everyone is safe. nt

[Beaverhausen]

4. Oh shit

[olddots]

5. gonna be a long hot summer

ground water is dryed up and the soil is like concrete , when the rain comes it floods because the rain isn't absorbed .These is very little drainage in the roadways and housing wasn't built with weather in mind .......gonna be a long hot summer .

[Iggo]

6. Wow!

That's a fast fire! I've seen 'em jump freeways before, but I don't think I remember them ever catching cars.

Yikes!

[babylonsister]

7. What a mess! And every stranded car has gas in it.

How do you combat that?

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. THOUSANDS of people will be prevented from getting down the pass into Fontana.

Interstate 15 is a MAJOR north/south thoroughfare and backs up for MILES in a matter of minutes.

Hope no one gets hurt.

OT but if I were a terrorist I wouldn't be shooting up recruiting centers, I'd be driving along interstate highways in California with highway flares and a launcher.

[sufrommich]

9. Are you in California? If so,could you explain how the

fire jumps without trees to carry it? I'm looking at the news and it looks like scrub and the scrub doesn't look burnt.Where did the fire come from?

[applegrove]

10. They said on CNN that they think the traffic was stopped because of a fire a bit away when all of a

sudden the winds changed and got really strong and moved the fire's direction and sent fire over the highway where the cars were. Don't know it that is outright speculation. But apparently fire crossing the highway is not unheard of because of the winds in the area.

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. The fire jumps by embers blown by the wind. Believe me, the scrub you see burned too.

We have fires up here in the San Bernardino Mountains that jump 1/4 mile at a time because of the blown embers. Dry pine trees are still full of sap and the sap burns like you wouldn't believe. Go to YouTube and look at Christmas trees and how fast they burn.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. scary