Heavy traffic on I-15 near Deer Springs due to wildfire response, San Diego County CA


The audio discusses heavy traffic on I-15 southbound near Deer Springs due to firefighting efforts for a wildfire. The speaker notes that there is a lot of congestion, with southbound lanes halted while northbound is also slow. They mention seeing some red spots where firefighting activity is taking place, though they do not see smoke.
Audio|Source: Fallbrook Amateur Club Repeaters and CAL FIRE
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Transcript:
Yeah, southbound 15 before Deer Springs. Well, that's where I'm at. I don't see any smoke, but I do see a lot of traffic. Yeah, I think it's up a bit north of the, so you're probably coming up to it. I'm almost to, uh... to my right, I can see southbound, or yeah, southbound is pretty much stopped, and northbound is pretty well packed, and not moving at the regular speed. Yep, somewhere along there, there's a start off the shoulder and about an acre or so. view mirror. I don't see any smoke. Do you know if they did a helicopter drop? Because I see like a red spot on the side of the hill. Yeah, they did some tanker drops on it. Okay, so I don't know. I didn't notice anything when I was going. by it and I can't see anything in my rearview mirror so it's got to be almost under control but that southbound is still stopped yep I imagine they got some lanes shut off and then plus the looky-lose and that started a bit earlier today
Yeah, southbound 15 before Deer Springs. Well, that's where I'm at. I don't see any smoke, but I do see a lot of traffic. Yeah, I think it's up a bit north of the, so you're probably coming up to it. I'm almost to, uh... to my right, I can see southbound, or yeah, southbound is pretty much stopped, and northbound is pretty well packed, and not moving at the regular speed. Yep, somewhere along there, there's a start off the shoulder and about an acre or so. view mirror. I don't see any smoke. Do you know if they did a helicopter drop? Because I see like a red spot on the side of the hill. Yeah, they did some tanker drops on it. Okay, so I don't know. I didn't notice anything when I was going. by it and I can't see anything in my rearview mirror so it's got to be almost under control but that southbound is still stopped yep I imagine they got some lanes shut off and then plus the looky-lose and that started a bit earlier today
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I-15, California
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