BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Ten years after the Erskine Fire tore through the Kern River Valley, the scale of its destruction is still stark.
The fire destroyed more than 280 homes and killed a married couple, Bryon and Gladys McKaig.
The cause was later determined to be an electrical line in a tree that had worn down and sparked the massive fire. It burned nearly 50,000 acres…