Central California Counties Fight 3 Wildfires

Published on July 15, 2024

Three Central California fires have caused evacuations in Kern and San Luis Obispo counties. Thirty people were evacuated over the weekend after a fire started just before noon July 13 south of the Twin Lakes community in Kern County, about 60 miles south of Bakersfield. The fire burned about 8 square miles and was 17 percent contained Monday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). “This fire is moving through heavy brush and inaccessible wilderness areas,” the Kern County Fire Department wrote in an update Sunday. A second fire started at 3 p.m. July 13 in the Tejon Ranch near Arvin, about 22 miles southeast of Bakersfield. About 1,000 people have been evacuated since the fire started, according to fire officials. The evacuation order was lifted Monday morning, according to the Kern County Fire Department....

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