Firefighters in Kern County had been battling a number of wildfires over the weekend, spurring evacuations, burning 1000’s of acres and resulting in the closure of Interstate 5 in each instructions close to Misplaced Hills on Sunday night time.
The Hurricane fireplace, which started Saturday in San Luis Obispo County, had burned 20,000 acres and was 10% contained as of Sunday afternoon, based on a information launch from the Kern County Fireplace Division.
South of Arvin, the Rancho fireplace, had burned almost 10,000 acres and led to about 1,000 residents being evacuated in parts of the communities of Stallion Springs and Bear Valley Springs. By Sunday afternoon, the order affecting Stallion Springs had been lowered to a “warning,” and residents had been allowed to return dwelling, the Fireplace Division mentioned.
Close to the neighborhood of Twin Lakes, the White fireplace had burned 3,412 acres as of Sunday afternoon and was 7% contained. About 30 individuals had been evacuated from the world, and one dwelling and one outbuilding had been destroyed, based on the information launch.
Late Sunday, California Freeway Patrol officers helped reply to reviews of flames nearing Interstate 5.
As of 10 p.m., the interstate was shuttered between State Route 46 and Twisselman Street, based on the CHP.
