The 15,000-acre Delta fire in Shasta County, California, continued to burn on September 6, forcing evacuations and shutting down a main highway as firefighters fought to contain the blaze.

This video, filmed on September 5 at around 2 pm, shows vehicles driving along Interstate 5 before the highway was shut down on both lanes. The fire, burning dangerously close to it, saw drivers asked to leave their vehicles behind as the flames encroached.

Officials said human activity is involved in the starting of the fire, but no further information is available.

We were on our way to Sacramento on I-5 and when we got to Reddin we noticed a huge orange cloud coming at us growing bigger and bigger. Luckily the firefighters got there at the last minute quickly enough to stop us from going through the fire because we didn't know we were going to go through it. It had also just started so we were one of the first few cars who were asked to turn around. (This happened on September 5th 2018 but it wouldn't let me choose the correct date).