Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Blazing Garage Fire in Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., (KNN) - The Bakersfield Fire Department extinguished a blazing garage fire Saturday afternoon in the city of Bakersfield.
Firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Wetherley Drive and Stockdale Highway where arriving crews encountered heavy smoke billowing from a garage. Once the garage door was lifted by firefighters, flames lashed out from the burning interior.
The occupants evacuated the house as a safety precaution. No injuries were reported.
Traffic was shut down westbound to a single lane in the area of the fire. The BFD quickly knocked down the flames and contained the fire from spreading to the house.
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[@TheKMG365]

They should hire a driver engineer who knows how to deliver flow to the nozzle.

[@lespelham3839]

what idiot would open the garage door when a hose was not ready

[@janetclark3557]

I was thinking the same thing, opened it way to soon

[@Mth308]

Well the BFD would.

[@harvynussbaum5182]

One of the biggest problems I see in all these fire videos is the inability of the pump operator to do their job.

[@slackjawedyokel1]

yep --when he is holding an 1-3/4 with one hand -more than likely being under pumped

[@richardpeters7136]

The red hat that opened the garage door without his scba on needs to be retrained.

[@erickaegi629]

I agree!

[@NeighborhoodLawnguy90]

Thanks for covering this

[@dongelinas5990]

I guess police don’t get involved in this city. Pathetic. How about traffic control

[@johanrebel]

I saw an endless stream of cars driving past in both directions, with some sort of a fire in the background.

[@jamesrader3329]

Why hasnt the road been closed down???

[@bobvidoni5898]

Aren't, by definition, all fires blazing?

[@SocialistDistancing]

Seriously, I could've pissed a better stream than what was coming out of that nozzle. You can clearly see the firefighter getting annoyed. I'd be annoyed, too.

[@roberthenderson4466]

The traffic should be blocked off..........

[@Tinyshooterbill]

Pump operator needs to get on his job and there sure needs to be training on proper use of fire streams . This comes from a retired captain and fire instructor

[@fozzywxman]

They all could have pissed on that fire and it would have had more effect...