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Fireworks display ignites grass fire on Tehachapi runways

Fireworks display ignites grass fire on Tehachapi runways


Posted by editor Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 21:45
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The City of Tehachapi's annual 4th of July fireworks display ignited a small grass fire that lit up local airport runways and briefly delayed traffic at the intersection of Tehachapi Boulevard and Dennison Road. 

Within an hour, the grass fire was contained by local firefighters, with back up units responding from as far away as Mojave, Tehachapi's Chief of Police Jeff Kermode said. The Tehachapi Police Explorers assisted with traffic control at the scene. 

According to Kern County Fire Department's Public Information Officer Sean Collins, county firefighters responded to 245 incidents within two hours of sundown.  

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