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To Angelenos who get stuck in bumper-to-bumper freeway traffic every day, the prospect of a diminished population might seem enticing.

Most of the motorists sitting bumper-to-bumper on Hatfield Road would not have been able to point to the bridge on a map a decade ago.

Fire trucks from as far afield as San Diego and Contra Costa counties were parked bumper-to-bumper along one stretch.

The neighborhood’s streets — narrow, snaking through hills and canyons — had become parking lots as panicked locals stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic bailed out of their vehicles and fled on foot.

Hutchinson’s residence is in the evacuation zone for the fire and his car is packed and ready to go, but because the traffic was bumper-to-bumper Tuesday afternoon, he decided to wait it out a bit.