The Clarita Fire has shut down southbound I-5 at Calgrove in California while firefighters are responding.
The fire is approximately one acre and is burning near I-5 and 14 Freeway in Newhall.
It comes amid a red flag warning for much of the state because of dry and hot conditions.
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#BREAKING (Santa Clarita CA) Heavy smoke from an approx 1 acre brush fire burning near I-5 & 14 Fwy in Newhall pic.twitter.com/nroL1NjdP2
— Stanley Staco (@stacos) October 5, 2013





