Freeway Fire
The 710
April 26, 2015
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Joel & Cailyn visited us and invited us to come on
out to Hollywood to help pour wine at Musexpo. We said
we would, even though I had to catch a flight to
Singapore later that evening. But a huge fire blocked
both directions of the 710 just a mile ahead of us --
a tanker truck had flipped and exploded, we later
learned. At one point, the radio told us we could be
stuck on the freeway for 4 hours or more, which could
have had me missing my flight. But lucky for us, the
CHP and Caltrans popped open a hole in the barrier
and allowed us all, one at a time to cross over
and head south. We were close enough to the
fortunate spot to be out of there within an hour
or so; some other folks way back in the line looked
like they might be there a lot longer.
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