BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Yet another vacant building fire broke out in downtown Bakersfield this morning, taking the life of a man. It’s a fire that joins a large number of vacant structure blazes in town.
The building on F street is one of 48 vacant buildings in downtown Bakersfield that, like many of those buildings on that list, keeps catching fire.
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The vacant building ordinance is a city law passed years ago which made property owners secure their vacant buildings and work with the city on a plan for the property.
The ordinance covers 48 structures in downtown Bakersfield “that are hot buildings that continue to be a problem or a nuisance,” said Michael Doyle, the building director for the city…