Crime & Safety

NBC News Van Burns in Sepulveda Pass

Nobody injured in the van fire, cause of the flame out has not been released.

Sometimes a news van actually makes news, that's what happened Friday in the Sepulveda Pass.

A fire broke out Friday on an NBC-4 news truck on the 405 Freeway, backing up traffic in the Sepulveda Pass, but Los Angeles firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.

No one was injured in the 10:30 a.m. fire on the northbound 405 near Getty Center Drive, said Matt Spence, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city Fire Department. The cause of the fire has not been released.

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