Edhat Staff
Update by edhat staff
Update by edhat staff
As of 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, the Windmill fire is still at 110 acres and now 40% contained. Full containment is expected tomorrow (Sunday) morning at 8:00 a.m. 75 firefighters remain on scene.
Update by edhat staff
The Windmill Fire is now estimated to be 110 acres.
The fire is now 35% containment and the forward progress has stopped.
All evacuation warnings have been lifted, but Bobcat Springs Rd. is open to residents only.
Update by edhat staff
The Windmill Fire is now burning at 100 acres near Buellton with a 20% containment, reports Captain Zaniboni as of 4:00 p.m. Friday.
The fire has a moderate rate of spread and is moving rather rapidly across the grassland.
The evacuation warning for the Bobcat Springs community off Bobcat Springs Road in Buellton still stands.
There are no immediate structures threatened.
Windmill fire, Buellton. Call Newsline for updated information pic.twitter.com/MEh5pMka9y
— Dave Zaniboni (@SBCFireInfo) July 20, 2018
A 30-acre wildfire is burning in the 1000 block of SR-246 at a rapid speed which prompted an evacuation warning of the Bobcat Springs community.
At approximately 2:15 p.m. Friday, Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to the area just west of Buellton for a vegetation fire. A 2nd alarm was called as the fire is burning at a moderate rate of speed, said Fire Captain Dave Zaniboni.
An evacuation warning has been issued for residents living off Bobcat Springs Road.
The fire is burning in an easterly direction with a west wind, it’s not in heavy vegetation but spreading rapidly, said Zaniboni.
Currently, there are two helicopters and two air tankers on the scene making water drops.
