Lacewood Incident
| Incident Name: | Lacewood Incident |
| Incident Location: | 600 block of Lacewood Court |
| Incident Time: | 3:58:00 p.m. |
| Incident Date: | 09-29-2017 |
| Incident Type: | Structure Fire |
| Equipment Assigned: | Engines 13; Patrols 4; Air Tankers 5; Helicopters 3; Water Tender 1; Bulldozers 4; Fire Crews 2; Overhead 11 |
| Cause: | Unknown |
| Injuries: | 1 |
| Structures Threatened: | 30 |
| Structures Destroyed: | 1 |
| Total Personnel: | 100 |
Bodfish, CA
At approximately 3:58 p.m., Kern County Fire Department received a call for a structure fire at the 600 block of Lacewood Court. Fire crews arrived on scene to find a fully involved mobile home with exposures to the vegetation and nearby homes. Crews immediately started exposure protection to the homes and started a 1st alarm Interagency Vegetation response due to high winds pushing the fire up the mountain. This immediately put this into a Unified Command with Kern County Fire Department, US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Approximately 100 firefighters are battling this blaze and 50 acres plus has burned with 10% containment. Multiple helicopters and air tankers dropped major amounts of water and retardant on the fire to help protect the threatened homes. Fire is under investigation.
Evacuations: None
Road Closures: None
Assisting Agencies: Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Kern County Sherriff’s
Additional Information: Crews will be working the fire overnight, so please be aware of the emergency vehicles in the area.
