A thick cloud of dark smoke billowed from an abandoned warehouse in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, January 29, after a fire broke out shortly after 12 pm,
local media outlet KGET reported.Citing the Kern County Fire Department, KGET reported that the fire originated in a warehouse storing “a large amount of plastic recyclables packed in big bales” near the intersection of East Brundage Lane and Industrial Street.Footage
livestreamed by Bakersfield Tuff shows the fire. Credit: Bakersfield Tuff via Storyful