Bakersfield, California — While firefighters attempt to put out a brush fire that has burnt over 150 acres in Bodfish on Friday afternoon, an evacuation order has been issued.
Just before 3:30 p.m., fire crews were dispatched to the area in Lake Isabella near Redhill Road and Hughes Avenue. According to officials, the Red Fire has scorched at least 150 acres of grass.
Residents in the KRN-748-A zone are under an order to evacuate. Red Hill and Bodfish Canyon locations, designated as KRN-733 and KRN-748-B on the Genasys Project map, are under an evacuation warning.
It is recommended that residents of KRN-748-A depart right away.
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Using this link, you can register for the app and look up the evacuation zone for your address. Using this link, you may also register for ReadyKern. To notify locals about emergencies or evacuation procedures, Kern County employs Genasys.
If the evacuation warning turns into an evacuation order, residents should be ready to flee. If someone needs more time to evacuate, they should make plans to do so right away because a warning indicates that there may be a threat to life or property.
When it is concluded that there is an urgent threat to life, an order is given.
