BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Fire Department announced that open burning of hazard reduction fuels will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n
Officials said that they are actively monitoring fuel moisture and weather conditions. KCFD stated, “If necessary for public safety, burning may be put on a temporary hold. Residents should stay alert for updates.”<\/p>\n
All residents who plan to burn must obtain a burn permit, burn only on permissive days, and adhere to all rules and recommendations outlined in the burn permit terms and conditions.<\/p>\n
KCFD said instructions for obtaining a permit are:<\/p>\n
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District:<\/p>\n
If your burn location falls within SJVAPCD boundaries, visit Cal Fire\u2019s Burn Permitting Application<\/a>, where you can apply online. For people needing further assistance, call 1-877-HAZ BURN (1-877-429-2876).<\/p>\n Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District:<\/p>\n If your burn location falls within EKAPCD boundaries, visit Kern County Community Connect<\/a>, where you can apply for your burn permit online. For people needing further assistance, EKAPCD can be called at (661) 862-5250.<\/p>\n Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n For people unsure of which Air Pollution Control District to apply to, an interactive online map <\/a>has been created for your convenience. This map can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Fire Department announced that open burning of hazard reduction fuels will begin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-70665","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\/70665","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=70665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}