A brush fire burning near the Gorman area along Interstate 5 erupted early Thursday morning, prompting evacuation warnings. The blaze, dubbed the King Fire, sparked along Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Road between Gorman and Pyramid Lake around 1:02 a.

Evacuation warnings have been issued as a fire burns in the Gorman area Thursday morning, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The King Fire ignited around 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Thursday morning and quickly grew to nearly 500 acres.