Thanks a bunch for the recap. I had started reading the entire thread but jumped to the end in hopes of getting the “Clift Notes” version.
You came through like a champ.
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5 South Tru at 14 North Vehicle Fire 10:41 PM
Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 4641, Grid 7C
Yellow Semi Truck on Fire, Blocking Unknown Lane 10:42 PM
Message/Item Delivered LA County Fire Department 10:44 PM
Reporting Party Advsed He and His Grandmother Were Driving on North Side and Saw a Yellow Big Rig Explode, the Whole Sky Lit Up 10:44 PM
Per Reporting Party Semi Truck Exploded 10:45 PM
This Will Be South Truck Rd 10:55 PM
Lacofd 3-5 Big Rigs Fully Involved 10:55 PM
Please Get Updated ETA from Fire Department 10:57 PM
146 Party Trapped Inside 10:57 PM
146 Possible People Still Trapped 10:58 PM
3-5 Semi Fully Invld-@ the Tunnels of the Truck Route with Access Issues-Per Lacofd 10:59 PM
Another Overturned Just South of Location Requested Blocking All Lanes at Truck Rout Also Sierra Higway 10:59 PM
Divert Trfc from North and South Truck Right-511 Will Shut Down North Truck Lanes 11:01 PM
Semi on South Side is now Also on Fire-Please Advise Lacofd 11:01 PM
Please Advise Lacofd There Are 2 Additional Overturned Vehicles // North and South Im the Truck Right 11:01 PM
Caltrans-Please Start for a Hard Closure to Shut Down Both the North and South Truck Lanes 11:03 PM
CHP Unit on Scene 11:06 PM
Message/Item Delivered to 98-S7 Will Have 98-51 Roll for this from the Office 11:07 PM
146 Advise 1 Party Just Came Out of the Tunnel and Has a Broken Leg and Needs Oxygen //1039 Lacofd with Info 11:08 PM
Message/Item Delivered 56-S9 Advised Roll 406 or Other Available Unit to Assist-56-108 En Route 11:13 PM
Please Issue Sigalert for the North 5 Truck Lanes to 14 and the South 5 Truck Lanes to 14-Unknown Duration at this Time-Thanks 11:13 PM
Per LA County Fire Department ** Please Have Units Close Down All Lanes-North 5 at Balboa-the Bridge is Starting to Colapse 11:14 PM
Message/Item Delivered Media 11:16 PM
Please Conf Where Wvly Should Respond—They Will Be Travelling Under the Bridge at Balboa 11:18 PM
LA County Fire Department Wants All Lanes Closed Down South 14 at San Fernando Rd As Well-They Are Having Problems with Bridge 11:19 PM
Affirm All Lanes =-Main Portion 11:20 PM
56-406 En Route to Shut Down All North Lanes Just South of Balboa / ETA 3 11:21 PM
Sigalert Issued on the Blue Freq-Sig Log 3813 11:24 PM
Trfc Shut Down South 5 at Weldon // Will Hold Trfc Due to Heavy Smoke 11:25 PM
98-51 En Route to Shut Down North 5 All Lanes-Diverting Tfc to 118 * Please Roll Caltrans for Hard Closure-6 Lanes Here-ETA When Avail-Thanks 11:27 PM
Lacofd Supervisor Picket Request Ing South 5 at Calgrove All Lanes Shut Down,, and North 5 at Balboa 11:27 PM
Wants to Know If Anyone is Coming to Get Them off of the Bridge 11:30 PM
Reporting Party is Frightened Because of Multiple Explosions and Parts of the Bridge Are Falling 11:30 PM
Reporting Party is 1St Vehicle Stopped South 14 to North 5 11:30 PM
Request 2 Units to Divert Trfc from South 5 at Calgrove Onto the Old Rd //req Caltrans with Hard Closure Here 11:32 PM
Message/Item Delivered Mait Sgt Karol-Will Be En Route 11:33 PM
89-3 En Route to Shut Down South 14-25 Mins ETA 11:33 PM
Per 56-406 Traffic Still Has Access from 210 to North 5 11:35 PM
Message/Item Delivered Mobile Road Enforcement Sgt Bower Will Attempt to Get a Couple of Mobile Road Enforcement to Respond 11:36 PM
406 Will Respond to Close 210 to Take Traffic off Possible at Yarnell 11:39 PM
CHP Unit on Scene 11:41 PM
E49 Running Break now to Divert Tfc off at Calgrove 11:44 PM
80 Other Vehicles Are Stopped Behind Reporting Party 11:47 PM
Reporting Party is in Chry Concord Blue 4 D in the #2 Lane Party is Right Before the Curve 11:47 PM
CHP Unit on Scene 11:51 PM
Per 78-S6 at Ofc-Scvso is Implementing Their Emergency Plan-Will Be at Intersections-Sierra Hwy/san Fernando and the Old Rd/calgrove 11:54 PM
Per David / Several More Explosion Are Occuring now Fire is now at the Top of the Bridge Area 11:55 PM
Also Panorama Tow Avail With Low Boy and Hd S If Needed 12:01 AM
US Highway Express Truck Lines Involved D,, They Rolled Panorama Tow with Heavy Duty, They Have 5 Min ETA, Conf They Are Able to Responding now, or to Standby 12:01 AM
89-3 is 97 South 14 at Placerita-Running Break to Shut Down at San Fernando 12:01 AM
Message/Item Delivered on-Call Chief Capt Aubrey 12:01 AM
E49 Advised Caltrans is 97 South 5 at Calgrove-Setting Up for Hard Closure now 12:03 AM
Per 98-S7 They Are Setting Up the Closure now-and Per 98-51 Caltrans Truck with Sign Board is North 5 from Buena Vista now 12:04 AM
Message/Item Delivered Ross Baker, En Route with Hd Xs 3 12:04 AM
Panorama Tow En Route With 1 Hd, and Will Start Addtl Hd and 1 Low Boy for now, Can Unit Advise Access 12:05 AM
406 Has a Break Started at Polk to Divert Traffic off West 210 at Yarnell 12:07 AM
89-3 Request LASO to Shut Down San Fernando On Ramp to South 14 12:08 AM
Message/Item Delivered Scvso-Will Also Shut Down San Fernando On Ramp to South 14 12:09 AM
LAPD Inc#34 / Will Shut Down Roxford On Ramp to North 5 12:10 AM
Per S7 Transportation Management Center Please Have the Sign Board North 5 at Exit 154 (osborne)-Read 5 Closed Diverting Tfc off to the 118 Freeway-Thanks 12:10 AM
145 Advise Sierra Hy Truck Right On Ramp to North 5 Needs to Be Closed 12:11 AM
Lacofd is Also Request Ing Calgrove On Ramp to South 5 Closed ASAP
” jumped to the end in hopes of getting the “Clift Notes” version. “
Better chance of finding out by reading (catching up on) this thread than by waiting for our glorious ‘news’ sources...
F&F (Fluff&Folly) has mentioned this event a couple of times in passing, without any detail - before going on to their regularly scheduled blather.....
I’ll bet most TV and Radio stations are run by a robot/PC setup and the only person in the station is the Czech cleaning lady!
Also with TV it’s: No Pictures = No Story
THanks Chuck 54, just got up and I see MSM has the visuals up on the news.
Thank God for the lives that made it out of that fireball mess.
At least it is Saturday and the traffic needing to go through there won’t be so heavy.
They will need the week end to clean up and check the damage to the roads over the tunnel.
And for the guy who Freepmailed me 3 times to complain about my chit/chat posts and anyone else who it irratated you can hit the abuse button anytime you want and have posts removed.
Not going to sink under a rock or lay across your lap for a spanking for being human straying from the subject, it happens.