A stretch of the 110 Freeway in San Pedro remains closed on Wednesday after a fire broke out on Monday night.
Officials with the Los Angeles Fire Department told KNX News’ Jon Baird that the fire happened in a culvert underneath the freeway on private property and was reportedly fueled by stuff from a homeless camp outside the culvert.
“But then we were also dealing with construction materials in there from the time the highway was built,” Lindsay Lantz with L.A. City Fire told Baird. “So, beams that were soaked in creosote, very large timber, and such that were involved in that fire.”
The fire initially forced the closure of the entire freeway; however, they reopened the southbound lanes on Tuesday. The northbound lanes are still shut down.
Lauren Wallike with Caltrans said crews are working to clear up the tunnel.
“They've got to clear it all out of water and debris, and then we're going to have structural investigators go out and safely assess the highway structure on the northbound side for any potential damage that was caused by the fire,” she explained.
She did not give Baird a timeframe as to when the northbound lanes would reopen.
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