Both the Kern County Fire Department and the Bakersfield ... 2 “Lima” Strike Teams, with a total of 4 fire dozers, 4 dozer tenders, and 9 firefighters. 1 “Golf” Strike Team, made up ...

That’s 23 fire engines, four hand crews, four dozers, an urban search and rescue team. Anything they need we’re offering,” said Aaron Duncan, the Kern County Fire Chief. While containing the ...

Flames broke out on the east side of Bakersfield on a rainy Thursday morning, marking yet another fire at a site notorious ...

Cal Fire has introduced a new fire mitigation tool, an updated fire hazard map, which highlights increased fire risks in Kern ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new prescribed burn, called Tecuya Ridge 3, was initiated today at 2:53 p.m. in Kern County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the ...