:Bull Fire

{{Short description|2010 wildfire in California}}

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{{Infobox wildfire

|title= Bull Fire

|image= Bull Fire from Space.jpg

|caption=NASA MODIS satellite photo from July 27, 2010 showing the smoke plumes from the fire.

|location=Sequoia National Forest
Kern, California

|date= {{Unbulleted list|{{Start date|2010|07|26}} – |{{End date|2010|08|10}}}}

|time=

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|acres= {{convert|16,442|acre|km2}}{{cite web|title=Large Fires 2010|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_185.pdf|website=CAL FIRE|access-date=14 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200453/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_185.pdf|url-status=dead}}

|cause = Human Caused

|buildings= 14

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The Bull Fire was a wildfire that scorched {{convert|16442|acre}} of land in Kern County, California. The fire, which started on July 26, was the largest wildfire of the 2010 California wildfire season, as well as one of the most destructive with 16 structures being destroyed. As the fire progressed it burned mainly grass and brush on both sides of the Kern River.{{cite news|title=Firefighters gain ground against blazes in Kern County, California|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/29/california.wildfires.progress/|access-date=19 August 2015|publisher=CNN|date=29 July 2010}} By July 29 the fire had burned nearly {{convert|16000|acre}} and was 12% contained.

As the fire approached the cities of Riverkern and Kernville it forced the evacuations of hundreds of residents as well as Camp Erwin Owen, a juvenile detention camp.{{cite news|last1=Weikel|first1=Dan|title=State Of Emergency Declared In Kern County As Fires Spreads|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/state-of-emergency-declared-in-kern-county-as-fires-spreads.html|access-date=19 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=28 July 2010}}

It became evident early on that the fire had been caused by humans and investigators sealed off the origin of the fire as a crime scene.{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Jeff|last2=Kotowski|first2=Jason|title=Task force investigating cause of Bull Fire|url=http://www.bakersfield.com/news/2010/07/29/task-force-investigating-cause-of-bull-fire.html|access-date=19 August 2015|work=The Bakersfield Californian|date=29 July 2010}}

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