Five dead as fiery crash closes all lanes of California's Pacific Coast Highway at Mugu Rock

Five people are dead after a fiery car crash occurred on Pacific Coast Highway early Sunday morning. 

Officers responded to the collision north of Point Mugu Rock in Ventura County - about 55 miles east of Los Angeles - around 4.30am to find a blue Subaru and another SUV in flames, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officials haven't released the identities of the deceased but said one of the cars was driving toward ongoing traffic when the collision occurred, according to KTLA. 

One person was in the Subaru and the others were in the SUV.  

CHP announced the highway around the crash site is closed amid the ongoing investigation. It's unclear when it will reopen. 

Five people are dead after a fiery car crash occurred on Pacific Coast Highway north of Point Mugu Rock in Ventura County early on Sunday

A blue Subaru and an SUV were involved in the collision that occurred when one of the cars was driving toward ongoing traffic

Officials haven't released the identities of the deceased but said one of the cars was driving toward ongoing traffic when the collision occurred

Officers have shut down the highway where the crash occurred as the investigation continues and it is unclear when it will reopen

The crash near Mugu Rock is where another fiery crash occurred in June, leaving a 51-year-old man dead. 

The victim was driving on PCH around 6pm in a 2016 Range Rover when he drove his vehicle off the highway after missing a curve, according to Ventura County Star. 

Officials said at the time that the car launched into the air before rolling down the side of a mountain and catching fire. 

The 51-year-old flew out of the vehicle upon impact and was pronounced dead at the scene. 

No one else was injured. 

PCH's narrow pathway was also the cause of a fiery wreck in February 2020 after a car with two passengers went off a cliff near Big Sur.

Another driver was riding along the highway when they saw what they thought was a brush fire around 4.40am. 

Firefighters were working to extinguish the flames when they later realized a car was responsible for the fire and there was at least one person inside.

Investigators at the time didn't expect alcohol or drugs to be involved in the crash.  

As Big Sur Fire, USFS Los Padres, and Cal-Fire Hand worked to extinguish flames they realized the vehicle appeared to have been the origin of the fire 

Two people have been killed in a fiery wreck after their car careened off a cliff near Big Sur