UPDATED: Evacuation orders lifted by KCFD after 2 fires’ progress stopped in Bear Valley Springs

Aug. 14—The Kern County Fire Department issued evacuation orders after two fires broke out Monday morning near Bear Valley Springs, but lifted them about three hours later. There were 60 acres burned by 12:53 p.m., said firefighters, who named it the Trotter incident after it sparked in the southwest end of Bear Valley. The Bear Valley Community Services District said flames chewed through 40 …