Team Rubicon and local partners unite to clear trees and debris near homes in Bodfish as part of a Borel Fire cleanup.

“The wildland-urban interface, or what we call WUI, that’s been here in Kern County for a long time,” said Chief Aaron Duncan ...

The Democrat Fire just off Highway 178 was 70% contained Thursday with no forward movement, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The roughly 900-acre fire started Sunday afternoon in the Kern River ...

Highway 178 through Kern River Canyon will remain closed until further notice as crews work to extinguish a 1,000-acre brush fire north of the Upper Richbar Picnic Area. A vegetation fire broke out at ...

Last year, Kern County saw its largest fire in history with the Borel fire burning nearly 60,000 acres and leveling homes throughout the Kern River Valley. However, for that fire, Kern County Fire ...

a new house — those are just some of the diverse needs of families impacted by the Borel Fire that local groups are left to figure out how to provide. Meeting at the Kern County Emergency ...

Evacuations were ongoing in Kern County, California, on Saturday, July 27, as the Borel Fire grew to more than 31,982 acres with was zero-percent containment, forest officials said.

Frazier Fire initially started 1:55 p.m. May 29 in Kern County. Since its discovery 17 hours ago, it has burned 60 acres. By ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:55 p.m. in Kern County. Frazier Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, ...