Wildfire Forces Closure of Part of Freeway in California

In this aerial photo released by the Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations traffic passes the Route fire, a brush wildfire off Interstate 5 north of Castaic, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2021. Los Angeles County Fire Air Operations via AP

CASTIAC, Calif.—A wildfire near Castaic on Saturday has led to the closure of a part of a major freeway in Southern California, officials told local media.

The fire, known as the Route Fire, reached 392 acres, or a little more than half a square mile, as of 6:28 p.m. and forced the shutdown of a section of Interstate 5, a Los Angeles National Forest spokesperson told KTLA-TV.