Fire keeps California north-south highway closed for 3rd day

By NOAH BERGER and PAUL ELIAS
The Associated Press
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — Interstate 5 usually swarms with trucks and traffic as it winds its way through California.
But the main highway between Mexico and Canada was a ghost road Friday morning along a 45-mile northern stretch that remained closed since a fire two days earlier swept down and turned hills on either side into walls of flame.
Drivers fled in terror and several big-rigs burned Wednesday as the fire erupted on