{"id":153168,"date":"2026-01-28T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/153168\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:32:11","slug":"kern-county-fire-dept-seeks-publics-help-to-identify-suspects-in-sterling-road-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/153168\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County Fire Dept. seeks public&#8217;s help to identify suspects in Sterling Road arson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Fire Department Investigation Unit is asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying or finding two persons of interest connected to an arson fire, who were last seen in a mega cab truck with a black toolbox in the truck bed and retractable side steps.<\/p>\n<p>KCFD said the fire happened on January 24, 2026, on Sterling Road in east Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video showed two suspects arrived to a location in a truck. The truck had a black toolbox in the truck bed. The truck also had retractable side steps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHOTO: KCFD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ef4b017a-068f-4152-97a6-2cedbde44c39-Screenshot20260127143443.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The video also shows a person in a black hoodie igniting a fire at the location before returning to the truck. The truck had a loud exhaust when driving away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHOTO: KCFD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8eed4ebd-6635-47a5-b8ca-5dc2fed825e6-Screenshot20260127143617.jpg\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call 1-877-FIRE-TIP (1-877-347-3847).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Fire Department Investigation Unit is asking for the public\u2019s help in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-153168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}