Edhat StaffUpdate by edhat staff
Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to two brush fire near a homeless camp off Los Carneros early Saturday.
At 1:04 a.m., fire crews arrived at Highway 101 southbound onramp along the railroad tracks with three engines and a Battalion Chief. It’s believed a fires started in the homeless camp and spread to nearby vegetation, according to Fire Captian Daniel Bertucelli.
Crews remained on the scene to mop up the remaining fire. There were no injuries and the official cause is under investigation.
Around 5:30 a.m. it’s reported a second fire took place in the same area. There’s no additional information on the second fire.
This is a developing story.
Reported by Roger the Scanner Guy
Brush fire off Highway 101 southbound at Los Carneros.
And some people still believe the American educational system works . . .
They had so many fires in this area a little while back they actually cleared out much of the area between the freeway be the tracks from Los carneros to fairview. At the time I thought they might actually clean up the freeway and railroad corridor all the way through town, but I should have known better. They only cleared a small area, a minimal effort to satisfy the public outcry that resulted from a series of fires at the time. We rely on unplanned fires to maintain public spaces in this town and apparently we are stubbornly sticking with this program. No pruning, no mowing, and certainly no planned burns under controlled conditions. We like to live on the edge. Unfortunately, this approach will result in a catastrophe sooner or later. It may be sooner, because we are quickly transitioning to the dry season.
remember this at the ballot box —