BOREL FIRE DAMAGE ESTIMATES

BOREL FIRE DAMAGE ESTIMATES

Preliminary damage estimates are coming in for the Borel Fire in the Kern River Valley, even as it remains an active incident. Kern County Fire reports 223 structures were destroyed, including 63 single family homes, 55 mobile homes, and 34 motor homes. Also lost were another 70 miscellaneous structures and a commercial building. Most of the damage was along Caliente Bodfish Road in Havilah, with losses on Saddle Springs Road and Silver Fox Drive east of town. The fire was sparked July 24th by a fatal vehicle crash, it’s just under 60,000 acres and 84 percent contained.