BREA – Three lanes of the southbound 57 freeway that were closed at Tonner Canyon Road because of a vegetation fire have reopened, officials said.
The brush fire began around 12:40 p.m. after a car lost its wheel, said Lt. Darrin Devereux of the Brea Police Department. Sparks from the lost wheel likely ignited brush on the right shoulder, and the flames spread up the hillside, he said.
By 1:30 p.m., the fire had neared homes on Carmichael Drive, but the flames were under control, Devereux said. No structures were threatened.