Delta Fire Update
INTERSTATE 5 NOT OPEN YET; 100 MILE DETOURS STILL NECESSARY
UPDATE 5:17 p.m. Sunday, September 9, 2018 - When Interstate 5 is opened to traffic, it will only be for one lane of travel in each direction, says Caltrans officials.
Workers have been preparing for the opening quietly behind the scenes, but as of about 5:00 p.m. Action News Now was told it would not happen tonight. They have 45 miles of freeway to prepare for the eventual opening. Authorities are not predicting when the Interstate will be open again.
As of Sunday morning, the blaze had devoured 63.9 square miles (165 ½ square kilometers). Trucks and other traffic have been using smaller highways, adding more than 100 miles to their travels.
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Fire-Burning-North-of-Lakehead–492539591.html
NOTE: The ONLY good thing about this is this is disrupting a major human trafficking artery.