Evacuation order lifted for fire near Wasco
- An unknown number of residents were evacuated for several hours overnight due to the risk
- Nearly 20 engines and support vehicles, including 34 firefighting personnel, were on scene
- The fire threatened storage tanks at the Poso Creek Family Dairy that contained 20,000 gallons of natural gas
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: An evacuation order for an area northwest of Wasco was lifted early this morning, as Kern County fire and hazmat crews worked a fire at the Poso Creek Family Dairy on Gun Club Road. The fire is now out
This is a transcript of the media release sent out just before 4 am Tuesday:
On June 16, 2025, at 10:02 p.m., Kern County firefighters responded to a reported fire on the 13000 block of Gun Club Road. Upon arrival, crews discovered a large fire in a methane gas digester at the Poso Creek Family Dairy. The digester, used to break down manure and produce methane gas through a natural process, had ignited, with flames rapidly spreading across the eight-acre system…