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December 28, 2025
Gas line rupture briefly shuts down major Southern California freeway; shelter-in-place orders lifted
Updated on: December 27, 2025 / 10:25 PM PST / CBS LA
TL;DR
- A natural gas line ruptured on Saturday afternoon north of Los Angeles.
- The incident caused the 5 Freeway to be closed for hours.
- A shelter-in-place order was issued for over 19,000 residents in Castaic.
- Mudslides are suspected as a possible cause for the rupture.
- SoCalGas has mitigated the leak, but residual gas seepage is expected.
- No injuries have been reported.
- The pipeline is a transmission line and does not impact homes or businesses.
- Five non-residential natural gas customers experienced outages.
- Residents were advised to close windows and vents and turn off HVAC systems.
- The SigAlert was lifted at approximately 8:45 p.m.
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