The Kern County Fire Department placed a new water tender into service in Wasco on Friday to ensure access to water in rural areas that often have none.

High winds blowing near Inyokern on Friday knocked a tractor-trailer onto a Kern County fire engine that was responding to another tractor-trailer that had been blown onto its side.

High winds in the Mojave and Ridgecrest areas are causing big rigs to topple over, including one hitting the side of a Kern ...

The worst of the rainstorm may have rolled through Bakersfield, leaving just minor damage. Now, we're keeping watch for our mountain communities.

According to local media outlet KGET, citing the Kern County Fire Department, the fire broke out at a warehouse containing “a large amount of plastic recyclables stored in big bales” shortly ...

A thick cloud of dark smoke billowed from an abandoned warehouse in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, January 29, after a fire broke out shortly after 12 pm, local media outlet KGET reported.

Read more on our AI policy here. Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 27 days.

Currently, there is no data indicating the containment progress of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.

A fire at an abandoned warehouse sent plumes of smoke skyward in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, January 29, footage shows. According to local media outlet KGET, citing the Kern County Fire ...