CLOSE CALL FOR PROPANE TRUCK

Kern County Fire crews have prevented a propane truck fire from getting out of hand.They controlled it even though they had to extinguish it from a distance. A tanker truck caught fire before 2:00 Monday afternoon on northbound Highway 99, just north of Seventh Standard Road. The engine and cab were in flames but the fire was put out just as it reached the tank. No one was injured.

Sean Michael Lisle