Wildfire, Kern County

A wildfire near Tehachapi CA is burning out of control at this hour, over 1,500 acres have been consumed, no buildings lost, one bridge was destroyed by fire. No estimate on containment yet. The fire was burning in grass and mixed brush and moving into heavier fuel. The fire is north of Highway 58 and east of Pine Canyon RD near the Monolith Cement plant in Sand Canyon. BLM, Cal Fire, Forest Service and Kern County are working the blaze.

Thunderstorms and more monsoonal flow tomorrow, chance of lightning in Zone 288 and the LA basin from tropical storm Fabio 500 miles to the south. Warmer drier air mass later in the week, then a chance of more lightning after the weekend.