Roger
Firefighters are on the scene of a five-acre brush fire off Highway 101 in Gaviota that sparked Monday.
At 6:34 p.m., Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to the northbound area just north of Highway 1 and discovered a two-acre brush fire heading uphill in medium brush at a slow rate of speed.
About an hour later the fire was reported to be near five acres and at 8:00 p.m., the Santa Barbara County Fire Department updated the fire to be between five and eight acres with a slow rate of spread. Crews are putting in hose lays to surround the fire with five engines, two water tenders, two hand crews, two tankers, two dozers, and one helicopter on scene.
The ramp from Highway 1 to the northbound side of Highway 101 is temporarily closed.
No structures are threatened and no injuries have been reported.
Vegetation fire on Highway 101 just north of Highway 1, numerous reporting parties.
Southbound on ramp to highway 101 Northbound per CHP..
UP Dates check out CHP Website if nothing there then it might be under control or out but it’s there now.
More engines responding.
Five acres still have forward progress division Zulu on tac 7 asking for fixed wing per scanner traffic
Size of fire remains at about five acres incoming fixed wing will really help knock this down. Per incident commander.
Our main News source is reporting on this now thanks for the comments…Roger over and out.
CHP website: 6:09 PM Report of Fire, US101/US101 N Sr1 OFR.
7:52 PM–SR1 ON TO NB 101 IS CLOSED / NOT THE FREEWAY.
6:24 PM–FIRE ON FRONTAGE RD JEO US101 FIRE 97.
6:21 PM–SHUTTING DOWN THE NB ONR.
6:21 PM–TO STATE PARKS HAVE 2 UNITS ENRT.
6:15 PM– [CHP]-ADTL RP ADVSD VEHS REVERSING ON THE FREEWAY CONC THE FIRE WILL JUMP.
6:10 PM–BRUSH FIRE.
6:09 PMBRUSH FIRE STARTING ON RHS.
KEYT update (power lines?), photos: https://www.keyt.com/news/breaking-highway-101-fire-spreads-in-gaviota/1081399284
John Palminteri:
1h hour ago…Fire update -“Starting to take off”- GAVIOTA light grass fire – Hwy 101 NB near Hwy 1 Several Santa Barbara Co. engines en route, Helicopter 3, hand crews. Near power lines. Frontage Rd., https://twitter.com/JohnPalminteri
Thanks for the info BG.
It’s starting. The damp ground and new growth will keep it manageable for a while, but I dread late July through late October.