![A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter drops water to help extinguish the big rig fire on I-5 northbound, south of Gorman, Wednesday, July 27. [Jeff Zimmerman photo]](https://mountainenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/Zimmerman-helo-web-267x400.jpg)
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A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter drops water to help extinguish the big rig fire on I-5 northbound, south of Gorman, Wednesday, July 27. [Jeff Zimmerman photo]![The scene after the flames were knocked down. [photo by Jim Hanson]](https://mountainenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/Hanson-I5-324x235.jpg)
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The scene after the flames were knocked down. [photo by Jim Hanson]
GORMAN, CA (Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 5:55:10 p.m.)—Lanes #1 and #2 are open, Lanes #3 and #4 are still closed.
GORMAN, CA (Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 4:10 p.m.)—The #1, #2 and center divider lanes are now open.
GORMAN, CA (Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 3:55 p.m.)—CHP reports that the #1 lane and center divider should open shortly.
GORMAN, CA (Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 3:10 p.m.)—A big rig fire has closed the two slow lanes on the northbound Interstate 5 south of the Gorman exit. The big rig caught fire then exploded, igniting nearby grass.
This is part of the July 22, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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