Outdoors Photographs of the Gap Fire’s Aftermath Ray Ford's Shots of the Gap Fire's Charred Remains Above Goleta By Ray Ford Thu Jul 31, 2008 | 8:48am Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on X (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Add to Favorites The aftermath of the 2008 Gap Fire.Ray Ford Recently, The Independent‘s outdoors editor Ray Ford visited the wilderness above Goleta that was charred by the Gap Fire. Here are three galleries of his photographs. Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3