A portion of the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass was temporarily closed on Saturday after two big rigs crashed and caught fire, according to San Bernardino County firefighters .

The fire was reported a little before 12:30 p.m. near the northbound lanes of the freeway and Kenwood Avenue in the Devore area, according to the California Highway Patrol's incident log.

Officers said that both trucks and trailers, one of which overturned, were engulfed in flames following the collision. The fire spread into the brush on the side of the road, which then began to move towards a neighborhood near Woodlawn Street, CHP's incident log said.

Firefighters arrived and quickly began defending the structures in the area. By 1:30 p.m., they reported that the forward spread of the fire had been stopped afte

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