Fire has jumped the freeway! Wouldn't you know my hubby is right this moment on his way home from meetings in LA, just got to Castaic (half way)on I-5 to learn the freeway north for the next 35 miles has been closed, & reports indicate it will be closed for several hours. Arghhhh. This is an eight-day-old wildfire (called "The Day" fire) that has scorched nearly 20,000 acres so far. They are pre-burning some areas west of I-5 in the hopes of stopping it from spreading east, across the freeway, altho it sounds like in some spots it has succeeded in jumping the barrier. At least 10 water-dropping helicopters were working to control this fire which was steadily growing on two fronts, in the southwest of the burn area near remote Agua Blanca Creek and on the east side, near Interstate 5. East is the direction my hubby is now driving, Hwy 14, to detour this thing, he will make a loop on a hwy he hasn't travelled before so hope he doesnt run into more problems. Between wildfires burning out of control and a just reported bomb threat at an LA school - what IS this world coming to!