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Labor Day Weekend Travelers Feel The Heat As Record-Setting Temps Bake Freeways

Kayla Dittl is one of the many drivers who had to pull over to let their car cool down on Thursday as she headed through the Cajon Pass.

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September 2, 2022

Thousands of Angelenos are expected to hit the road and air for Labor Day Weekend, with some people getting a head start on Thursday. However, the record-setting heat wave has impacted those travel plans for the worse, with wildfires causing road closures and cars feeling the extra strain of the baking heat.

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Kayla Dittl is one of the many drivers who had to pull over to let their car cool down on Thursday as she headed through the Cajon Pass towards Colorado.

"My car just started kinda shaking a little bit," she said, explaining how she had just made the lengthy drive from New York to San Diego earlier in the week. "It was making kinda like a hissing sound so i opened up the hood."

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