Wildfire Shuts California Freeway, Burns Abandoned Rigs

An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The Delta Fire erupted Wednesday afternoon and within hours had devoured nearly 8 square miles -- 5,000 acres -- of timber and brush on both sides of Interstate 5 near the Oregon state line. The blaze was human-caused, fire officials said, but they didn’t indicate whether it was arson or accident. Truckers abandoned their vehicles as flames roared up hillsides. In a video, a passenger in a vehicle screams: "Oh my God, I want to go!" as trees burst into flames and sheets of fire roiled on the side of the roadway.