At Kern Valley Hospital in Mountain Mesa, on the other side of the ridge, the plumes of smoke came first. Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency for Kern County. It’s windy,” Kern County Fire Capt. Barbara Harper, 71, said she spotted the flames near her yard, called 911 and waited 10 minutes for firefighters to show up. Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times The wildfire still rages in the mountains after flames raced through a South Lake neighborhood.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 25, 2016 04:46 UTC