L.A. County Fire Department officials reported forward progress was stopped as of 7:01 p.m. Friday on a 14-acre brush fire near the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, south of Templin Highway.
No structures were threatened, and no injuries were reported as a result of the fire, according to Supervisor Melanie Flores of the L.A. County Fire Department.
But the effort to extinguish the blaze caused a mileslong backup on the freeway as of Friday evening.
Firefighters were still working in the area performing “mopup” on the affected areas, according to officials.