By Patric Hedlund, TME

A blazing crash that involved 16 vehicles and started three wildfires at the northern base of the Grapevine was national news this week. U.S. News & World Report, Associated Press and Reuters all reported about the 13 hours of Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, May 8-9, in which all northbound lanes of the heavily-traveled Interstate 5 were shut down. Firefighters fought to control hazardous grass fires in the same area where…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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16 vehicles were caught in a ‘violent high speed crash’ that backed up northbound Interstate 5 traffic over the Grapevine for 13 hours Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, May 8-9. Big rigs burst into flames, causing three fires on Tejon Ranch.

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