Fire burns two acres near Midway and Elk Hills Road, Kern County CA


Fire crews responded to a vegetation fire burning about two acres of grass and brush near Midway and Elk Hills Road. The fire spread slowly and crews worked to access the area from nearby dirt roads.
Audio|Source: Kern County Fire
03:22
Transcript:
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Company 21, engine 21.
00:02
21. To Midway and also Elk Hills Road area, unable to locate anything.
00:13
Patrol 23, I believe, came down midway, is going towards airport.
00:17
All right, copy.
00:18
We made access from the dirt road across from Harrison.
00:21
We're trying to find somebody to lead us in to possible go up on the hill.
00:25
Chobby, you want me to stage at Harrison and what I see?
00:27
For a minute.
00:28
Scott.
00:29
23rd G, go ahead and stage at 119 Harrison as well.
00:33
Dying to Company 21.
00:35
Go ahead. We're still trying to make access to the fire, but appears we have at least two acres in grass and brush, slow rate of spread.
00:43
At this time.
00:44
Copy that, two acres, slow rate of spread.
00:47
Company 23, 292.
00:49
Turn 4. Go ahead.
00:50
Hey Wayne, if you recall the fire from a couple of shifts ago, it appears to be in that area.
00:56
If you want, I'm trying to make access,
00:58
going the way we went.
00:59
Public Service, 1881-200p company, a civil officer.
01:02
We're 21 made access.
01:04
Copy,
01:05
ECC, TIEC. TRI-2.
01:07
The Tallinn, too, go ahead.
01:10
Uh, notification only to BLM.
01:12
Okay. Okay.
01:13
Okay. Italian GUE, company 21.
01:19
Time to.
01:20
Talking to the rip here, it does sound like Harrison, that their road is going to be the back access to this area.
01:25
She said there's a road called the old highway that may leave more direct to where we got on the scene.
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Elk Hills Rd, California
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