Those in the Kern River Valley community have their power shut off as part of the Public Safety Power Shutoff. This is due to ...

KBAK/FOX58) Cal Fire has introduced a new fire mitigation tool, an updated fire hazard map, which highlights increased fire risks in Kern County ... that the increased risk is not solely due ...

Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department are battling a 3,000 acre fire near 5 Dogs Range Friday afternoon. The fire was reported at 1:57 p.m. east of ...

Dogs Fire initially started 2:41 p.m. June 13 in Kern County. It has burned 4,407 acres after being active for 38 hours. By ...

Two Kern County Fire Department chiefs outlined new fire danger maps from Cal Fire at the June 3 Taft City Council meeting ...

A news release from the Kern County Fire Department said the session will provide an overview of maps showing fire hazards ranging from moderate to very high, as required under 2021's state Senate ...

The maps are not requiring evacuations, however. Just a heightened awareness. The Kern County Fire Department says it is keeping residents in higher-risk areas updated on the changing conditions.

In four days, the Borel Fire burned through 53,010 acres across Kern County, which is around 132 miles north of Los Angeles, and caused over $2.5 million in damages. According to InciWeb ...

PLACER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHANTI LANDIN IS SEEING THE NEW MAPS FOR THE FIRE ZONES FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO EXPAND RISK ZONES FOR MODERATE TO VERY HIGH ...

A fast-moving brush fire erupted near Frazier Park on Thursday afternoon, prompting a swift joint response from the Kern County Fire Department ... See the Frazier Prak fire map here.

A new prescribed burn, called White Wolf, was initiated today at 10:12 a.m. in Kern County. The prescribed fire has been burning ... manner to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.