{"id":366429,"date":"2026-06-19T00:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366429\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:03:10","slug":"lost-fire-burns-682-acres-west-of-bakersfield-forces-evacuations-in-kern-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366429\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Fire Burns 682 Acres West of Bakersfield, Forces Evacuations in Kern County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wildfire known as the Lost Fire burned 682 acres Thursday west of Bakersfield in the Lost Hills area, prompting evacuation orders as flames moved rapidly through dry vegetation, CalFire reported.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was first reported at 3:03 a.m. Thursday about four miles northwest of Lokern and Lost Hills roads, roughly 35 miles west of Bakersfield, according to incident information. It remained at 0% containment as of the latest update.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the blaze was under investigation and was moving uphill, aligned with terrain and wind, contributing to a \u201cdangerous rate of spread,\u201d according to incident updates.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evacuation orders were issued for zones KRN-209-B and KRN-219-B, with officials warning of an \u201cimmediate threat to life\u201d and ordering residents to leave the area.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-zones-KRN-209-B-and-KRN-219-B-in-Kern-County-are-under-an-urgent-evacuation-order.-ReadyKern.jpg\" alt=\"The zones, KRN-209-B and KRN-219-B, in Kern County are under an urgent evacuation order. (ReadyKern)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/>The zones, KRN-209-B and KRN-219-B, in Kern County are under an urgent evacuation order. (ReadyKern)<\/p>\n<p>The fire grew rapidly through the day, expanding from 70 acres in the morning to 100 acres, then 400 acres, before reaching 682 acres by early afternoon, according to updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wildfire known as the Lost Fire burned 682 acres Thursday west of Bakersfield in the Lost Hills&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-366429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366429","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=366429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}