Firefighters in central California are still struggling to contain a fire that officials have called a "firefight of epic proportions." The Erskin fire, which began Thursday afternoon, continues to spread across the Lake Isabella area of Kern County and has covered over 19,000 acres. As of this morning about 100 structures were lost and 1,500 more were threatened.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news

Police in Mill Creek are on the hunt for a potential serial arsonist. There have been at least five suspicious fires, two of them aimed at homes in one neighborhood, one at an office and two at neighborhood parks. People who live in the area are worried their property could be next. Bruce Wojtoviets plans to move his firewood and anything flammable away from his Mill Creek house.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2016 10:36:31 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

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Two separate fires in kept Benton County fire crews busy Thursday afternoon. The first started around 4 p.m. along Interstate 82 at milepost 128, about 4 miles north on the interstate from the Oregon state line. That fire burned about 100 acres and shut down traffic along the westbound lanes of I-82 at times.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2016 7:54:16 PM - SOURCE: kndo

Today marked the beginning of construction for a new fire department in the Nile and Cliffdell area. A groundbreaking ceremony for new fire station took place Thursday morning at 11. The new station will be located adjacent to the Jim Sprick Community Park in the upper valley and has been in the works since the 90s.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2016 7:50:58 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com