The Fort Fire was just 5% contained as water-dropping aircraft worked the scene. Kern County fire officials said additional ...

A fast-moving brush fire erupted near Frazier Park on Thursday afternoon, prompting a swift joint response from the Kern ...

A brush fire that broke out overnight Wednesday prompted evacuation orders for residents in the Digier Canyon and Lebec areas ...

“The wildland-urban interface, or what we call WUI, that’s been here in Kern County for a long time,” said Chief Aaron Duncan ...

A bushfire broke out in Bakersfield, California on Thursday afternoon. The exact location of the fire was near Georgia Drive ...

Here is a county-by-county resources list to help you find public safety information and updates in the event of a wildfire ...

In this Reality Check, The Tribune investigated how various areas are labeled under Cal Fire’s new fire hazard severity maps.

Kern County Fire Department is currently on scene of a vegetation fire in Lebec, near Cuddy Canyon Rd. & Frazier Mtn. Park Rd. Fire was last reported at 3 acres with a moderate rate of spread.

Cal Fire used a 2015 map of his subdivision among other data ... As a former assistant assessor in Kern County for nearly two decades, Ansolabehere used to work with the same GIS modeling computer ...