Oh my gourd! Truck fire chars 5,000 pumpkins on 5 Freeway
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Oh my gourd! Truck fire chars 5,000 pumpkins on 5 Freeway

LA Times  

Firefighters work early Wednesday at the scene of a truck fire near the Smokey Bear Road exit of the southbound 5 Freeway in Lebec. Only days before Halloween, a truckload of gourds sizzled on the side of the freeway near the Smokey Bear Road exit in Lebec around 2 a.m. Wednesday after a truck carrying them caught fire, according to authorities. Halloween enthusiasts who have yet to buy a pumpkin for carving need not worry: Van Groningen said his farm has a scary amount of pumpkins to replace those lost in the fire. Video taken at the scene shows firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battling the flames amid the charred Halloween gourds.

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Halloween is over, but don’t trash your jack-o’-lantern — compost it. Here’s how
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