Is there no end to the calamity in the SCV?
The LA Times says the Leona valley wildfire is threatening Department of Water & Power lines in the Palmdale area, and DWP has asked residents of the LA to conserve power. Edison says its lines could be affected by the fire too:
With wildfires near Palmdale threatening power lines, the L.A. Department of Water and Power asked residents Friday to reduce their energy usage wherever possible.
“We’re asking people to help care for our infrastructure while this fire is burning, as we wait for the potential threat to diminish,” said Brooks Baker, a spokesman for the agency.
Officials said the agency minimized power imports Friday on a transmission line that passes through the Leona Valley — where the Crown fire is burning — and began generating power at in-basin power plants to deliver energy to the city.
“At this time, the power system is functioning normally, and there are no fire-related outages,” Baker said.
[Updated at 1:29 p.m.: With multiple transmission and distribution lines threatened, Edison officials said 21 customers were without service in Lancaster, most of them located south of Elizabeth Lake Road.
Meanwhile, KHTS says the fire is spreading east and not west, which is reason for the SCV to breathe a sigh of relief until you read about the carpocalypse that happened before lunch on Interstate 5:
At approximately 11:15 a.m. there was a collision on the I-5 North nearing the Valencia Boulevard offramp. Five vehicles were involved, included two semi trucks.
A Toyota Corolla was completely destroyed in the accident. The driver, reportedly a male in his 60s, was cut out of the vehicle and transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
A driver of one of the semis believes he may have hit the Corolla. His truck then shuttled down the embankment.
As a result, for the third time in two weeks, the Newhall Pass is plugged up like your house’s galvanized steel plumbing with traffic backing up on I-5 all the way to the 170.
I hope that older gentlemen lives.
Stay safe out there!
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