Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Mountain Drive Volunteer fire fighters watch the progression of the Tea Fire

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Steve Dunn, a Mountain Drive resident who was not allowed to go to his home and worried about his 90 year-old father, gets a welcome text message that his family evacuated safely.

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

A Mountain Dr. resident pulls over to take one last look before evacuating his home

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

A small spark that landed in a palm tree quickly spread to the entire yard

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Santa Barbara City Fire Station 7 braces as winds push the Tea Fire closer

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Santa Barbara City Fire Station 7

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Fire comes over a house off Las Alturas

Published on Nov. 13, 2008

Montecito Planning Commission member and Mountain Dr. resident Claire Gottsdanker takes one last look before evacuating her house

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

Sycamore Canyon resident Vincent Uribe, who lost this storage shed as the fire skirted his property, tries to keep the falling embers away from his home.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

Sycamore Canyon resident Vincent Uribe hoses down the house that his grandfather built. The house has survived 3 previous fires.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

Joey Uribe stayed with her husband at their Sycamore Canyon home.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

A Sycamore Canyon home burned to the ground.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

A burning truck in the driveway of a burned out house.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

Power lines down across Gibraltar Rd.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

A Gibraltar Road home, gutted by fire, still has flames from gas lines roaring 10 feet in the air.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

A house off of El Cielito Rd. engulfed in flames.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

Reportedly the home of Retired Santa Barbara police officer Payne Green burned to the ground. Payne reportedly also lost a home in the historic Sycamore Canyon Fire.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

Flames from the gas lines still reach 10 feet in the air though the home is long gone.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

The view of a home off Gibraltar Rd. burned to the ground.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008

The last wall of a El Cielito home falls down as the residence is fully engulfed in flames.

Published on Nov. 14, 2008