UPDATE (Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, 5:52 p.m.)—Assistance with animal evacuation: Dawn Beban called to say that the Mountain Communities SPCA is willing to help people who have evacuated with pets. The SPCA has crates and pens and water bowls. While they are not allowed into the evacuation area, they are willing to meet with evacuees. Please call the SPCA hotline at 245-3035 and speak with Robin Horowitz who will assign resources. The Tejon Ranch Equestrian Center has agreed to take evacuated horses.
UPDATE (Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, 5:30 p.m.)—Kern County Fire Department Engineer Greg Powell said that by 5:11 p.m.1,100 acres had been burned, but no structures have been lost.
A DC10 aircraft with a 15,000-gallon capacity is aloft. It dumped retardant on the mountain ridges visible from Frazier Park School to stop the fire's progress in that direction. As of 4 p.m., KCFD command had a count of 200 firefighters on the scene, "and growing." Resources are coming in from multiple agencies, including the state and surrounding counties.
"We will have a vehicle getting a GPS reading within this hour to update you about the size of the fire," Powell said.
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