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A 6.4 earthquake followed by several hundred aftershock of which were being the largest. following the 7.1, we had two reported structure fires. kern county fire department did an awesome job, got those under control and extinguished and then there were several reports of natural gas leaks at residences. we were inundated with that. so kern county fire, law enforcement officers and homeowners responded and shut those off as we could. and then pg&e as they responded

Gas lines. that was the priority for emergencies. they worked on two reported structure fires. we understand that those have been put out. that the gas leaks when those were reported, and there were numerous phone calms, that those gas lines were shut off. the authorities said they're still answers emergency calls. but as those begin to die down as they have already, then during the night, emergency services will start looking for structural damage across ridgecrest and surrounding areas. so that's where we stand so far. i want to go to our correspondents on the ground now. alex field is in ri...

Significant danger right now fire. we were able to talk to a battalion chief who was out fighting a fire just about a half an hour ago at another home. there have been four structure fires in the past 12 to 14 hours, an unusual thing to happen here in this town of about 27,000 or so, and all of those fires happened after the earthquakes. there was one that happened immediately after the 6.4 and several after the 7.1. there is worry that it has to do with gas lines, but they are checking to see and investigating what exactly caused those fires. at least three people have had their homes burned ...

Let's go back out to joe who is on the ground in ridgecrest. joe, what are you hearing? >> well, kendis some of the worst damage we've seen. one example behind me. this is a home that caught fire immediately after the earthquake. neighbors say when that 7.1 hit last night, they immediately started bracing for it. some went up against their walls and came outside when it was done and they could see this house already catching on fire. went up in flames really quickly. the fire department was able to arrive pretty quickly and put it out within ten minutes. the fire department said two major stru...

This town, at least on the outside externally, you don't see much structural damage. one of the worst examples is what you see behind me, that is a house that caught on fire and neighbors tell us it was the moment after the earthquake hit. they looked outside and they could see that the house was on fire. it went up in flames very quickly. the fire crews arrived and within about 10 minutes were able to put it out before it spread to other homes. so there were a couple structure fires in the area and a few other mobile homes that had structural damage. but the one thing that you can't see drivi...