By Gary Meyer, TME

When a wildfire broke out before 1:30 p.m. near North Drive in Lebec on Wednesday, Aug. 3, Kern County Fire Department dispatchers took immediate action to send air and ground resources.

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Frazier Park School kindergartner Wyatt Eller thanks a firefighter for saving his neighborhood in Lebec on Wednesday, Aug. 3, as Kern County Sheriff’s Deputy Lynch, California Highway Patrol Sergeant Karr and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Senior Deputy Ortega look on.

A helicopter drops water and a fixed-wing air-tanker drops fire retardant on the fire in Lebec, which was stopped at about 75 acres.

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