{"id":499573,"date":"2026-10-17T21:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499573\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T21:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:16:23","slug":"henderson-fire-at-camp-pendleton-35-contained-i-5-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499573\/","title":{"rendered":"Henderson Fire at Camp Pendleton 35% contained; I-5 reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE (Oct. 17, 8 a.m.): As of early Saturday morning, the Henderson Fire has burned 3,132 acres and is at 35% containment, according to Cal Fire.<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol reopened both directions of Interstate 5 near Vandegrift Boulevard early Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Cal Fire officials said crews made some progress overnight against the fire with winds decreasing and an increase in humidity.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, crews are expected to focus efforts on the northern part of the blaze.<\/p>\n

Cal Fire’s detailed info on the Henderson Fire: https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2026\/10\/15\/henderson-fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton has reopened following an hours-long closure due to the Henderson Fire.<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol announced Friday afternoon that the fire prompted all northbound lanes to be closed near Vandegrift Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Officials say Santa Ana winds pushed the fire westward, reducing visibility.<\/p>\n

As of Friday night, the fire had grown to just over 2,000 acres and was 20% contained.<\/p>\n

The fire was first reported just before 2 p.m. Thursday<\/a>. The blaze rapidly grew in size and pushed west, prompting the freeway shutdown during the afternoon commute and creating a traffic nightmare for drivers traveling between San Diego and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The cause has not yet been determined and is under investigation.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 TRAFFIC ALERT: HENDERSON FIRE \ud83d\udea8 As of 5:13 PM, ALL NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND of I-5 are OPEN! The freeway closure is fully lifted. Thank you for your continued patience.<\/p>\n

\u2014 CHP Oceanside Area (@CHP_Oceanside) October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE (Oct. 17, 8 a.m.): As of early Saturday morning, the Henderson Fire has burned 3,132 acres and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-499573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}