Firefighters are working to contain a brush fire that sparked Friday morning in Kern County, according to authorities. The Sherwood fire started around 10:15 a.m. in the area north of Sherwood Avenue and Famoso-Woody Road, east of Highway 65 and north of Bakersfield, according to Cal Fire. The fire was 80% contained as of 6:55 p.m. Authorities said its estimated size was 343 acres, down from an earlier estimate of 373 acres, and also lifted an evacuation warning that had been issued in a nearby... Read this story
