Car Crash Fire Spreads to Hillside in Angeles National Forest

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST, Calif., Dec. 19 (KNN) — California Highway Patrol officers and the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a vehicle crash around 12:18 a.m. Thursday, involving a fire that spread to a hillside in the Angeles National Forest at mile marker 32.16.

The driver of the crashed, burning vehicle fled the scene in another vehicle, which drove away as flames spread to the hillside.

Two campers in the area heard the crash and told KNN on-camera that they saw the driver get picked up by someone at the scene.

The campers said firefighters flashed their lights and yelled “fire” multiple times to alert anyone in the area. According to the campers, the fire spread quickly into the hillside.

The LACoFD reported a half acre was burning.

The cause of the crash is unknown at this time, and firefighters quickly contained the flames.

Randy Dominguez, Video Journalist / KNN