Kern County Fire Photo

Photography and providing live fire updates for Kern County. Not affiliated with any agency.

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Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer lifts off from Mojave Air & Space Port while preparing for a historic mission. This L-1011 will launch a Pegasus XL rocket which will launch a spacecraft (LINK) built by Katalyst Space into orbit. That spacecraft will then lift NASA’s Swift Observatory further into space to prolong its lifespan. Once in a lifetime experience!

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Unable to make it but this is gonna be a good one

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I don’t feel like typing it out, but I’m en route.

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@DanielFireTruck Just left. My goodness was that intense.

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#WylyFire All Air Tankers were Released.
Air Attack 50, Copters 407, 523, 530 remain overhead.

The Fire was mapped at 1,023 acres with 10% Containment.

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@DanielFireTruck

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Crews have made good progress, most units have been canceled.

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NEW START: Tehachapi, near Tehachapi Willow Springs Road and Highway 58, vegetation fire, smoke visible on @ALERTCalifornia cameras. Full wildland response requested.

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NEW START: Tehachapi, near Tehachapi Willow Springs Road and Highway 58, vegetation fire, smoke visible on @ALERTCalifornia cameras. Full wildland response requested.

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#MacyFire #EvacuationUpdate

Antelope Acres, Calif.,

✅ This is an update to the Macy Fire. The evacuation warnings for Zone KRN-152-A and 153-A have been LIFTED. There are no further advisories at this time.



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@NationalWldfire Hey is this worth going for me?

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Downtown Bakersfield as of 4:30 Yesterday.

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Kern County Fire Department's Helicopter 409 is currently assisting in the search for a lost hiker near Tuttle Ct. and Starland Dr. Bear Valley Springs. ECC has made contact with the hiker, as ground crews still work to find him. KCSO SAR Units are being dispatched.

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#VegetationFire #WalkerFire

Update 2:

📍KERN RIVER CANYON, Calif.,

The fire is approximately 138 acres with forward progress stopped and 10% containment.

Assisting agencies to remain on scene for several hours and KCFD resources expected to remain on scene through the night to increase containment.

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Today’s story behind the numbers: This FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team saved 10 hostages from a subject in Bakersfield, California.

Yesterday, we saw the best of this FBI when a subject, Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, in Bakersfield, California, barricaded himself in the Kern County Superintendent of Schools' office, armed with explosives, and took 10 innocent people as hostages.

Immediately, the FBI jumped into action, mobilizing resources, including launching our CIRG Hostage Rescue Team – the FBI’s elite tier 1 tactical unit – who flew across the country in the middle of the night, preparing for a high-risk, life-saving mission.

@FBISacramento, @FBILosAngeles, and our teams across the country utilized more than 150 additional FBI personnel, including SWAT, crisis negotiators, Special Agent Bomb Technicians, and more, where, after an intense, nearly 15-hour negotiation, the FBI HRT team successfully breached the building around 4:30am local time, neutralized the subject, and safely recovered all hostages unharmed.

This was outstanding work by the men and women of the FBI, with our partners at the Bakersfield Police Department, who executed the mission brilliantly and saved at least 10 lives in a situation that could’ve turned deadly.

LINK: https://t.co/wsrrYjFpjF

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#WalkerFire Is now 100 acres per air attack. A better view of the fire is available on @ALERTCalifornia Bear Mountain camera.

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#VegetationFire #WalkerFire

Update 1:

📍KERN RIVER CANYON, Calif.,

The fire is now mapped at 100 acres with winds pushing a moderate rate of spread. Please be advised that only local traffic is being allowed through the area at this time.

@ALERTcalifornia link: https://t.co/llNbrqGZ3C

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#WalkerFire 50 acres, mostly wind driven per IC moderate ROS

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#VegetationFire #WalkerFire

📍KERN RIVER CANYON, Calif.,

Kern County Firefighters on scene of a vegetation fire nearest Caliente Bodfish Rd. And Walter Rd. Be advised that traffic may be delayed through Caliente Bodfish Rd. between Walser Rd. and Indian Springs per Incident Command.

Fire was last reported at 50 acres.

@ALERTcalifornia link: https://t.co/llNbrqGZ3C

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#WalkerFire Fire is holding on the west side of Caliente Bodfish, IC keeping everything coming