Three intense bushfires raging in and near Kern County, California, have scorched tens of thousands of acres, as of Sunday, July 14, after erupting a day earlier, local fire authorities said.
The White Fire and the Rancho Fire, which sparked in Kern County, have consumed a total of more than 13,000 acres and are between 7-10 percent contained, Kern County Fire Department said.
Meanwhile, the Hurricane Fire, which began in neighboring San Luis Obispo County, has consumed around 20,000 acres and is around 10 percent contained. The fire has edged into Kern County, authorities said.
The fire agency said that evacuation orders were issued for all three blazes, and more than 1,300 local residents were evacuated, as fire crews battled to protect homes.
This aerial footage was captured by California’s Fire Integrated Real-Time Intelligence System Program (FIRIS), and is described’ as showing the White Fire, mapped at 3,412 acres on Sunday morning, with several large columns of smoke seen rising near Twin Lakes. Credit: Cal OES FIRIS via Storyful
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Intel 24 over the white incident in Kern County July 14th 2024 at 1118 hours fire mapped at 3412 acres.
Focus now on a community of Twin Lakes in color as you can see minimal activity around the community now and switching to infrared and beginning a clockwise rotation around the fire.
As you can see the far west side of the fire, very active appears to have gotten over some of the containment lines there up the left flank again, left shoulder, very active fire behavior continuing around to the north side of the fire towards Brushy Creek Drive on the main ridge top areas where the fire has pushed beyond two tracks and some dozer line that they’re using as a control line back into color and a recording.
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