LA Area Freeway Fire Strands Thousands Of Cars

Thousands of motorists were stuck on a 10-mile stretch of freeway near Los Angeles after a big-rig tanker truck burst into flames Wednesday. No one was injured. California Highway Patrol officers backed traffic up and turned it around, using offramps to guide the cars onto clogged surface streets. Meanwhile, flood control crews and officials from the California Department of Fish & Game worked to contain toxic runoff from the fire on State Highway 60 between interstates 710 and 605.