UPDATE (Oct. 17 8:48 p.m.): McFarland Police officers arrested a man Tuesday evening after a hazmat situation prompted evacuations.
MPD officers assisted Tulare County Probation with a search at a home on the 700 block of Kyra Avenue around 3:30 p.m. When officers arrived, MPD said a man was located and another man was found to be hiding in a closet.
There was a small fire and smoke in the bedroom, according to MPD. Officers smelled "unknown fumes" from inside and noticed unusual things in the home, MPD said.
Out of safety concerns, officers immediately left the home and evacuated nearby homes while KCFD and Public Health hazmat teams responded.
Officials found the unusual objects in the home to not be hazardous materials. McFarland resident Jose Saavedra was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Saavedra, 43, was later transported to Kern County Sheriff's Central Receiving Facility where he was booked in, MPD said.
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UPDATE (Oct. 17 7:50 p.m.): Kern County Public Health tweeted a photo of what was found inside the house, which turned out to not be any hazardous materials.
Our Environmental Health team responded to possible hazmat situation in McFarland. No hazardous materials. Here’s a look inside home. pic.twitter.com/PAXizsQsWL
— Kern Public Health (@KCPublicHealth) October 18, 2017
UPDATE (Oct. 17 6:15 p.m.): No hazardous materials were found in the 700 block of Kyra Avenue in McFarland, according to KCFD.
KCFD said it was a smoldering mattress.
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UPDATE (Oct. 17 5:12 p.m.): The hazmat situation may be a possible honey oil lab, according the Kern County Public Health.
There are reportedly a lot of small butane containers.
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McFarland Police and the Kern County Fire Department are working on a hazmat situation on the 700 block of Kyra Avenue, according to MPD's Facebook page.
Kern County Hazmat is heading to the scene.
MPD said the entire street has been evacuated and nobody is allowed in the area.
23ABC has a crew enroute and will post updates as we learn them
