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TEHACHAPI, CA – Friday, June 13th at approximately 3:08 A.M., a call
was
received by the Kern County Fire Department, for a structure fire in
the
100 block of West Tehachapi Boulevard. 24 Kern County Firefighters
responded to the incident. The fire was under control in approximately
76 minutes.
As the first responding engine left their engine house, several blocks
away, they could see the fires glow in the night sky. Upon arrival,
crews faced a large wooden structure that was fully involved in fire,
a
second alarm was called. The building was a historic structure, a
train
depot that was under renovation to be used by the City of Tehachapi
for
commercial and retail space. The depot was a design #23, one of only 6
left, it was rebuilt in 1904, due to a fire that destroyed the
original
depot built in the 1880s. Due to the involvement a defensive action
was
taken. Fire crews worked to protect other buildings in the area. The
fire destroyed in excess of $1,000,000.00 of property and contents,
and
the loss to community cannot be measured.
Rail service on the adjacent tracks was stopped during suppression
action but now has resumed.
There were no reported injuries.
The cause is under investigation.
Doug Wagner
Golden Empire Historical & Modeling Society
Bakersfield, California