One Person Rescued from Fire in Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara City Fire Department responded to a structure fire with reports of a victim inside the residence.
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The Santa Barbara City Fire Department responded to a structure fire with reports of a victim inside the residence.
The fire is at 90 percent containment with 120 acres burned.
The Santa Barbara County fire at Hollister Ranch is 70 percent contained but grew to 120 acres during the day.
Evacuations were ordered late Saturday afternoon for the area between Alegria Canyon and Agua Caliente Canyon north of Hollister Ranch Road.
Sheriff’s deputies found the suspect digging into the hillside near the origin of the fire in Carpinteria Creek on Monday.
The decision allows Cal Fire to recoup $12.2 million in suppression and investigation costs.
No smoke, flames, or hot spots have been observed for more than 30 days.
Emergency managers say Monday morning, between 4 and 8 a.m., will be the heaviest rainfall over the burn scar.
Weather forecast predicts an inch or two of rain in burn zone.
With fire almost contained and rains predicted, Fire Chief Mark Hartwig on Tuesday warned supervisors of the looming threat of a debris flow in fire-scarred Refugio Canyon.