East Bakersfield fire started by fireworks
By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
Children playing with fireworks started a blaze in east Bakersfield Thursday that burned several structures and caused an estimated $50,000 in damage, fire officials said.
Firefighters responded about 12:30 p.m. to the fire in the 2500 block of Lake Street, according to a Kern County Fire Department news release. Three sheds, a garage and a travel trailer sustained major damage.
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Elaine Garcia, right, comforts her sister, Teresa Balderston, and her tiny kittens Thursday afternoon after a structure fire in the backyard of her home on Lake Street burned a small trailer and many of her family's belongings. Bakersfield and Kern County Fire Departments were both on scene battling the blaze on a hot Bakersfield afternoon. There were no injuries in the fire, according to Garcia. Their mother also lived at the residence.
Elaine Garcia, right, helps her sister, Teresa Balderston, through a tough situation, Thursday, after a trailer burned in Balderston's backyard on Lake Street. The family lost a lot of articles in the fire, according to Garcia.
Kern County firefighters work on dousing a structure fire behind a house in the 2500 block of Lake Street, Thursday afternoon. There were no injuries, and nobody was living in the trailer, although many family belongings were burned in the fire.
Firefighters extinguish a structure fire behind a home in the 2500 block of Lake Street, Thursday afternoon. No one was living in the trailer, but apparently a lot of their belongings were lost in the fire.
Two adults escaped the travel trailer unharmed and were being assisted by the American Red Cross, the news release said. There were no reported injuries.
Anyone with information regarding this or other fires is asked to call the confidential tip line at 1-877-FIRE TIP.
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