The Little Fire that ignited Friday afternoon after a crash sent a pickup truck off Highway 178 west of Miracle Hot Springs has grown to more than 2,500 acres, prompting evacuations and road closures.
The crash occurred around 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, when the truck caught fire and spread flames into nearby brush, officials said. Highway 178 and part of Racheria Road near Highway 155 were closed over the weekend, though portions of the highway reopened after storms swept away the Old Kern Canyon Road detour.
The U.S. Forest Service said the fire remained at zero percent containment as of the weekend but credited recent storms with slowing its spread…