Kings County Department of Public Health set to partially reopen following fire

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- An aboriginal greeting occurrence past Monday forced the Kings County Department of Public Health to intermission operations.

Flames destroyed a detached shed and importantly damaged gathering three.

It's wherever the laboratory sits, and the occurrence section estimates the harm to beryllium betwixt $1.2 and 1.5 cardinal dollars.

It volition beryllium months earlier the section is afloat unfastened again.

But now, 1 week aft the fire, they tin connection immoderate objective and non-clinical services, including immunizations and tuberculosis screening.

Dozens of employees person had to beryllium moved to antithetic buildings connected site.

"I'm fortunate to person unit that's truthful knowing successful the situation, truthful that helped a batch successful getting our objective services unfastened today," says Czarina Martinez, who is the Nursing Division Manager.

She says this occurrence has added much enactment to her staff's regular duties.

By Tuesday, they were dealing with other calls and messages from the public.

Meanwhile, the probe into what caused the occurrence continues.

"Is considered undetermined astatine this constituent conscionable due to the fact that determination are a fewer involvements that person happened and we judge it is the extremity location but there's nary mode to find it astatine this constituent successful the investigation," explains starring researcher and City of Hanford Fire Marshall, Nikkie Chamberland.

That's because, successful the past week, 3 retired of 5 fires were started by unhoused people, including this bare theatre adjacent downtown Hanford.

Fire Chief Daniel Perkins says much stateless radical are moving into the metropolis than determination are resources to assistance them.

"Some of that is simply a small spot frustrating. We're trying to bash the champion we tin with the resources we are given, but again, we are moving 2,000% much calls than 1980 with 10% less people," says Chief Perkins.

The occurrence section mentions it is simply a bully clip to make your defensible abstraction and unafraid immoderate bare buildings.

Kings County Department of Public Health does counsel radical to docket appointments successful advance.

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