Wildfire jumps freeway

There is no median. The road is split by probably 1/4mile at that point. It drops off sharply to the east and rises to the west at the same angle. Its a little difficult to "take a run" at it when the people in front of you are already on foot and running by in the opposite direction.

Link was too much data (I LIKE TEXT NOT VIDEO/PHOTO) wonder why with a fire in the median the road was not closed. or was there not enough time? (Suspect time).

ABC news says that firefighting planes were grounded because there were 5 drones in the airspace around the fire, making it unsafe for planes and helicopters to fly. They had to first find the drone operators and get them to shut down, before they could fight the fire.

Cue the phrase "all about me generation".

Naio wrote:
ABC news says that firefighting planes were grounded because there were 5 drones in the airspace around the fire, making it unsafe for planes and helicopters to fly. They had to first find the drone operators and get them to shut down, before they could fight the fire.

Cue the phrase "all about me generation".

Time for "Drone Skeet". Warm all drone operators that if they are in the air above a hazard, that 12-ga shotguns will be employed.

Naio wrote:
ABC news says that firefighting planes were grounded because there were 5 drones in the airspace around the fire, making it unsafe for planes and helicopters to fly. They had to first find the drone operators and get them to shut down, before they could fight the fire.

Cue the phrase "all about me generation".

It is a crime to interfere with a firefighter or firefighting operation. Need to prosecute, not warn. Stop being nice to those morons. A midair collision with a drone would be fatal.

Anyone that has NOT driving this section has no clue.

There is NO place to turn around

There are no other routes/options

Traffic...Friday afternoon....stop/go-----slow moving

One normally does NOT drive thru a wall of smoke.

Fortunately it was NOT as tragic as it could have turned into

Do you remember the fire fighter tragedy in Arizona? The fire fighters were on the top of the hill, the wind changed direction and the fire advanced up that hill to kill them.

It seems this highway fire was about the same thing - a wall of fire crossing the highway. It happens in seconds.

Arizona Fire Fighters Killed

I've driven Cajon Pass many, many times since the late '60's. Unless you've experienced how crowded & crazy, not to mention dangerous, this long, 6% grade can be, you'll be hard pressed to fully appreciate the ordeal these people went thru. It is an absolute miracle that no one was seriously injured. That speaks to two things in my mind. The first is that they did act in what turned out to be the best way in a totally unexpected situation. The second . . . Divine Intervention.

When traffic stops on I5 which happens all the time with Las Vegas northbound traffic, which is basically a big freeway, you're trapped, nowhere to go. You can't back up and you CAN'T turn around or otherwise get the heck out of there. Only choice is to leave your car and get away from the fire. They've loaded up a lot of cars that were not damaged and took them to a storage lot to match them up with their owners.

If you ever find yourself having to avoid Cajon Pass due to traffic related issues, and you are in a family vehicle, NOT an RV, this is the route I use. From San Bernardino, head up to Crestline, down past Silverwood Lake and through Hesperia. Twice in the last year I've used this route to avoid huge traffic issues resulting from major accidents.
I would also caution RV'ers about checking ahead for windy conditions. Way too often eighteen wheelers are blown over.