There had already been nearly 40 houses destroyed by the fires. About 2300 people had been relocated from their homes. Another 150 houses could be in the line of danger from the flames.
The fire started on Tuesday. It was 10 miles on the southeastern side of Tehachapi. The fire burned down 30 to 40 homes in that area. The other homes that were possibly threatened by the raging fire, 150 of them, are in the Old West Ranch community.
The fire is being fueled by dead timber from years without much rain. Drought conditions have left much dry wood in the states mountainous area.
There are around 250 firefighters battling the raging flames. They are from many different fire departments.
There are also water drops being brought in by airplanes and being dropped on the 1,230 acres of where the fire is burning relentlessly.
They are working day and night with bulldozers making fire lines and burning firebreaks.
There are more fires in other areas of the state In Kern County, a northern part of the state, another fire began on Monday in the Sequoia National Forest. It burned close to 15,600 acres. This is close to 24 miles of forest. There were 6 homes burnt down in that fire.
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