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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
What's that smell? Green waste burns causing unpleasant, but familiar smoky smell for many in Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — If you woke up Monday morning in Bakersfield wondering if a brush fire started or a building near you burned down, you're not alone. The familiar smell of smoke from a fire filled the morning air in parts of the Bakersfield area. 17 News received several reports of a smell like a fire had burned, but there were no obvious signs of smoke or fire Monday morning. Where in the US will you be able to see the Lyrid meteor shower? Kern County fire officials said green waste caught fire on Sunday at Metropolitan Recycling LLC on Mount Vernon Avenue and burned through the night. The smoke settled in for the overnight hours, Kern County Fire Department Public Information Officer Jonathan Drucker said. Drucker said there was no hazard from it and no firefighters were sent to the location since workers at the property were able to manage it. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Two people survive plane crash near Minter Field in Shafter
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It was 11:17 a.m. on Superbowl Sunday when the Kern County Fire Department got a call a small plane had a mechanical failure and it was going down near the Minter Field Airport in Shafter. 'They found a plane on its roof in the middle of an agricultural field,' Kern County Fire Department Battalion Chief Jonathan Drucker said. EBT card cloning in Kern County on the rise as Romanian gangs hit ATMs nationwide The plane crashed and landed belly up off Carver Street near East Lerdo Highway. 'It had made contact with the gound maybe 50 feet or so from where it rested and it flipped,' Drucker explained. The FAA registry shows it's a PIPER Fixed wing single engine 4 passenger plane registered to Jeffrey Hudson of Bakersfield in December 2024. Battalion Chief Jonathan Drucker is calling the emergency landing the miracle near Minter Field after both occupants aboard the plane miraculously suffered no injuries. Never miss a story: Make your homepage 'When you look at that area it was in you've got an orchard behind the aircraft, and you have power lines along a side. You have large structures on the other side, and then you have Lerdo Highway running just on the North side. So, it's a miracle the pilot was able to set it down.' The identities of the people involved in the plane crash have not been released. Drucker says the Kern County Fire Department is an all-risk department. That includes responding to plane crashes leaking pounds of jet fuel. 'We're trained on how to recognize hazards around air craft. How to work safely around air craft. How to rescue people from aircraft. How to cut on a fuselage That is who's coming to these emergencies. People who are highly trained in these various different areas. Fortunately, today we didn't have to put any of the training to use,' Drucker said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
