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.m.

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

Multiple evacuation warnings were issued Thursday in response to the King Fire in the Tejon Pass north of Pyramid Lake. As of 6 a.m., the fire, which broke out around 1 a.m., had grown to 490 acres and was just 5% contained, according to Cal Fire.