Grass fire in Kettleman City burns over 2000 acres

According to ABC30, the Kings County Fire Department is battling a large grass fire that has forced the closure of Highway 41 between Interstate 5 and Highway 33.

The fire is 2,000 acres burning off Interstate 5 and Milham Road with no containment. Tulare County CAL FIRE is also on scene assisting. CAL FIRE said at this time, the fire is burning at a dangerous rate of spread.

ABC30 said that Caltrans has also closed one southbound lane on I-5 at Milham Road. It is not yet known when the lane will reopen.

According to a tweet from Caltrans District 6, Southbound I-5's slow lane at Milham, just north of Kettleman City is closed due to the brush fire.

Kettleman City: Southbound I-5 #2 (slow) lane at Milham, just north of Kettleman City, closed due to brush fire. Full closure of 41 between I-5 and State Route 33 for same fire incident. Use alternate route. No ETO pic.twitter.com/NsWU0dXDMz

— Caltrans District 6 (@CaltransDist6) August 7, 2018