1,200-Acre Blaze Near Lebec, California 70% Contained

July 1, 2003
More than 500 firefighters battled a quick-moving brush fire Monday that had leaped across a series of canyons in Kern County the night before, threatening hundreds of homes and leaving a dappled trail of ash along the hillsides of the Grapevine pass.
More than 500 firefighters battled a quick-moving brush fire Monday that had leaped across a series of canyons in Kern County the night before, threatening hundreds of homes and leaving a dappled trail of ash along the hillsides of the Grapevine pass.

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