Kern River Valley Bulletin Board

INTERAGENCY NEWS RELEASE
BULL FIRE- CA, On Monday July 26th 2010 at approximately 1:45 P.M., the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Kern County
WOW!
This is turing out to be a big fire...
Mandatory evacuations in some parts

KEEP IT SAFE OUT THERE...

Fire Department responded to a vegetation fire in the area of Burlando Road, west of the Kern River in Kernville.

Upon arrival crews were faced with a developing fire in grass and heavy vegetation in Bull Run Creek. The fire is an estimated 2000 acres. There are approximately 500 personnel on scene with many more en-route. Approximately 200 firefighters are battling the fire on ground with assistance from 7 water dropping helicopters and 7 air tankers.

There are several structures threatened by the fire on both sides of the Kern River. Residence in the community of Riverkern and residents along Burma Rd off of Burlando Road are being evacuated as well as Camp Owens. There are structural protection groups assigned to these areas.
There are no reported injuries.

For more information telephone:
United States Forest Service at 760-417-0608
Bureau of Land Management at 661-742-4474 or 661-332-1754
Kern County Fire Department at 661-330-0133 or visit http://www.kerncountyfire.org

(UPDATE)

Bull Fire Stats

Name: Bull Fire
Status/Notes: 0% Contained - 4200 acres
Personnel: 500 (KCFD, USFS, and BLM)
Structures Threatened: Unknown
Structures Destroyed: 6
Date Started: July 26, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Last Update: July 26, 2010 at 11:00 PM

For residents forced to evacuate... there is an evacuation center at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella.

The Kernville fire has doubled in size and now is burning over 15,000 acres...

There is also another fire burning in Tehachapi... 500 acres, but has destroyed 30 structures and is threatening many more.

State of Emergency has been declared in Kern County, so hopefully now they can get all the resources necessary to contain the fires.