Given that today’s date is August 5, and the search results show the King Fire from August 2025, it appears the headlines may be referencing an event that hasn’t clearly been reported in current 2026 coverage, or there’s a discrepancy. However, based on the most reliable information I found about a Tejon Pass/El Tejon wildfire with evacuation warnings, I’ll write the article about the King Fire from the available coverage.
Multiple evacuation warnings were issued Thursday in response to the King Fire in the Tejon Pass north of Pyramid Lake.
The blaze, called the King Fire, sparked along Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Road between Gorman and Pyramid Lake around 1:02 a.m.
Gorman is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County, near the border of Kern and Ventura counties, in the Tejon Pass area of the Grapevine, along Interstate 5, about 65 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
The fire has grown to 490 acres and is 5% contained, according to a Cal Fire update posted at 7 a.m. Thursday.
There was concern Thursday morning for the Pyramid Lake RV Park, not far from where the fire started, with residents there under a shelter-in-place order.
An evacuation warning has been issued for the Paradise RV Park and residents of the Pyramid Lake RV Park are being advised to shelter in place, the Angeles National Forest reported.
Fire officials worked to contain the spreading blaze.
“We’re just going to continue to battle the fire until it’s out,” a fire official said.
The King Fire prompted the closure of the 5 Freeway in both directions, but limited travel through the area was later resumed, with motorists urged to use caution, with two northbound lanes remaining closed Thursday morning between Vista del Lago Road and Smokey Bear Road and northbound off-ramps at both roads also closed.
Additional resources were being mobilized to fight the flames.
Numerous air resources were being brought in to help fight the flames.
Firefighters from the Angeles National Forest and the Los Angeles County Fire Department are battling the blaze.
The fire grew rapidly in hot, dry conditions.
The fire broke out at around 1 a.m. and quickly grew in hot, dry conditions.
By Saturday morning, firefighters had made significant progress.
A rapidly moving wildfire that broke out north of Pyramid Lake was 75% contained Saturday after burning nearly 600 acres.