“I guess I hit a piece of metal and it sparked the fire,” said Roscoe Greene, who was clearing the lot for Richard Rooney. Rooney reportedly had closed escrow on the property the previous day.
With the valley's hazardous fire conditions, a full response of firefighters was ordered. Personnel and equipment from Kern County Fire stations, Forest Service and BLM arrived to keep the fire at bay. At one point, the fire burned through a fence and spread in the direction of the nearby Verizon building.
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The Kern County Fire Department would like to remind residents that even the smallest spark or carelessly discarded cigarette can start a wildfire.


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