I-5 reopens after fire near Sacramento International Airport forces closures

Rowena Shaddox reports

YOU COULD FEEL THE WINDSKICKING UP ONE OF THE MAJORCONTRIBUTORS TO THIS FIREMOVING SO QUICKLY TODAY.VERY WINDY DAY AND IT YOUKNOW AS YOU CAN SEE IT JUMPEDSEVERAL ROADS.A FAST MOVING GRASS FIREOFF ELK HORN BOULEVARD FUELEDBY HIGH WINDS BROKE OUT THISAFTERNOON NOT FAR FROM THE SECINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

WINDSPUSH THE SMOKE TOWARD I-FIVEMAKING VISIBILITY NEARLYIMPOSSIBLE FORCING CHP TO SHUTDOWN THE HIGHWAY IN BOTHDIRECTIONS FOR A PORTION OFTHIS AFTERNOON.

FLAMES DID ITSDAMAGE TO 2 ABANDONED HOMESAND NEARBY STRUCTURES ALONGWEST L COURT BOULEVARD THATSTRUCTURE WAS A MAN AND IT WASDESTROYED THE STRUCTURE HEREIS ALSO.ABANDONED BY THEIR CREWSWERE ABLE TO SAY THAT MUTUALAID HELPED TO CONTAIN THE FIREBUT NOT BEFORE IT RAVAGEDSEVERAL 100 ACRES LEAVINGCHARRED GROUND AS FAR AS THEEYE COULD SEE THAT CREWS WEREABLE TO STOP IT I 5 THEY DIDGREAT WORK.AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THEYOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST PUTTINGOUT HOT SPOTS NOW IN SAC CITYFIRE TELLS ME THAT THE CAUSEOF THIS FIRE IS YET TO BEDETERMINED REPORTING IN