Jan 10, 2025
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Residents are still picking up what's left from the fire that killed two women, destroyed three mobile homes, and knocked out the power to the rest of the Edison Mobile Home Park Dec. 8. Identities of the dead still officially have not been released, but everyone knew them well. Ronda Luckett said, "Amazing, beautiful women. Good friends and they're missed a lot." Now, more than one month later after botched holidays, no showers and no electricity, the county is helping residents start again. District 2 Supervisor Chris Parlier said, "We have a lot going on. We're doing just a great community outreach to the residents in that park. It's still a struggle for them, but we have all sorts of services here." Human Services is helping with hotel stays and temporary shelters. The goal is to get the displaced into permanent housing. The state served an abatement order requiring property owners, Norman & Marilyn Boyden, to restore the power, remove the debris, and repair sewer connections to lot 6 within five days, but there's a problem. "It's purported that the owner and even another relative of the owner are deceased," said Parlier. The order shows ownership hasn't changed since 1997. The state says if there's a failure to comply by Jan. 17 the case will be referred to the District Attorney or the state Attorney General. The penalty could result in a misdemeanor with a $400 fine, 30 days in jail, or both. Parlier says the tragedy got pulled into a bureaucratic twilight zone. "I think there's probably going to have to be some legislation to try and help us out," said Parlier. While Parlier continues the jurisdictional battle, residents are just trying to survive. "There's sewage water running through here and residents here are the ones trying to fix it and a lot of them are getting sick from it," said Luckett. Luckett said she has lived at the trailer park off and on for a year. Now, she cares for some of the elderly residents. She says she grew close with Lori and Amber who were killed in the fire. She was closest with Amber. "I miss her laugh. That was my favorite thing about her. I think about her all the time," said Luckett. As the arson investigation wanes on, Luckett and others are convinced they were murdered. "People are sick in this world," said Luckett. "There's no other way I can put it. Just makes no sense." 17 News has reached out to the Kern County Coroner's Office multiple times to learn the identities of the fire victims. We still have not heard back.
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