Catalytic converter caused Freeway fire

Firefighters try to suppress a fire in a structure in Yorba Linda on the Freeway fire in November, 2008

Investigators have released a report that points to a catalytic converter as the cause of the Freeway fire that burned 203 houses and 30,305 acres on November 15 in southern California. Honeycomb-shaped pieces from the interior of a catalytic converter were found, but investigators said they probably will never know exactly from which vehicle they came.

The fire forced the evacuation of 40,000 residents in the counties of Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino.

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