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SigAlert: Brush Fire Backs Up 118 Freeway
The cause of the fire, which spread from the drainage space beneath the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway was under investigation.

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The cause of the fire, which spread from the drainage space beneath the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway was under investigation.

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