Fire Damage Shuts Down Interstate 10 Near Downtown Los Angeles
- ‘Safety first, speed second,’ California’s Newsom said
- Residents asked to work from home or take public transit
Firefighters douse the still smoldering fire under the I-10 Freeway overpass in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 11.
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A stretch of Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles will be closed indefinitely after a fire beneath the roadway destroyed infrastructure last week.
“Unfortunately, there’s no reason to think this is going to be over in a couple of days,” Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday during a press conference in Los Angeles, adding that there’s no current timeline for when the major freeway will re-open.