Edhat Staff
By the edhat staff
Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a homeless encampment fire in Santa Maria Wednesday.
At 7:42 a.m., crews responded near the intersection of Union Valley and Hummel Drive for a reported fire. Upon arrival crews found a 50×50 foot brush fire in pampas grass and willow near a homeless encampment.
Approximately four hours later, at 11:46 a.m., crews responded to an area adjacent to the first fire for another brush fire that reached 0.43 acres. The forward progress was quickly stopped.
Investigators are working to determine the exact cause of both fires.
A mop-up is in progress.
#HummelInc:Vegetation Fire Union Valley/ Hummel Dr./Santa Maria .43 acre(Official), Forward Prog. Stopped, pampas grass & willow. Adjacent to area/ encampment fire from earlier. Mop-up in progress Investigator en-route. CT11:46am pic.twitter.com/3KpqR0yNMc
— Scott Safechuck (@SBCFireInfo) August 3, 2022
Fitz-WTF is that the south county has been sending the vagrants to the north county for years.
It is really apparent this year.
Don’t tell north co folks that it is all in their heads because I see “new” vagrants all the time.
They go to SB for the the handouts/weather and then they(south co.) send them north to SM, Lompoc and Buellton because the housing is cheaper.
Not rocket surgery, you just have to travel the county all the time, then take 2 months off to go somewhere else and then come back and you will notice as well.