David Pardo / The Victor Valley Daily Press / AP
The construction site of the Ranchero Interchange Bridge at Interstate 15 was engulfed in flames Monday, May 5, 2014, in Hesperia, Calif. The California Highway Patrol’s Carlos Juarez says the bridge at Ranchero Road caught fire about 1:30 p.m., and I-15 was closed soon after because of falling debris.
Published Monday, May 5, 2014 | 3:56 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | 7:43 a.m.
I-15 fire
HESPERIA, Calif. — All lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia have reopened after a fire on an overpass under construction.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the San Bernardino Council of Governments tweeted after 11:50 p.m. Tuesday that both directions were open.
The northbound lanes opened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The fire began Monday afternoon when a blowtorch being used to cut metal reinforcing bars ignited support timbers. Wind gusts up to 35 mph fanned the flames.
RANCHERO(Update): Significant collapse has occurred. All personnel accounted for. ^eas pic.twitter.com/xOfEI7Cs0n
— SB County Fire (@SBCOUNTYFIRE) May 5, 2014RANCHERO Incident: 5 engines, 1 truck, 1 patrol, 2 tenders and chief officers implementing aggressive attack. ^eas pic.twitter.com/VpsKQfo6cw
— SB County Fire (@SBCOUNTYFIRE) May 5, 2014Hesperia update: major delays, NB15 closed at Ranchero; SB15 at Joshua/395; CalienteRd from Joshua to OakHills pic.twitter.com/XWE7pICLhy
— Julie Sone (@JulieSone) May 5, 2014Hesperia update: second part of bridge just collapsed. Both sides of freeway now completely blocked
@ABC7RobMcMillan pic.twitter.com/6os0sHaYa2
— Julie Sone (@JulieSone) May 6, 2014
Join the Discussion:
Check this out for a full explanation of our conversion to the LiveFyre commenting system and instructions on how to sign up for an account.
Full comments policy