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Firefighters will work through the night to increase containment lines and mop up hot spots of the Rosa Incident, which broke out late Monday morning in a rural area on the 4000 block of Santa Rosa Road.
Firefighting efforts against the 86-acre vegetation fire were “assisted by the lowest recorded August temperatures in 34 years,” according to Los Padres National Forest.
Firefighters halt forward progress of vegetation fire that started late Thursday night in Refugio Canyon.
Firefighters stopped the progress of the small spot fires by Tuesday night, but remained on scene to mop up hotspots.
Leaders in wildfire prevention and management discuss how adaptation and mitigation are paving the way to a more resilient future in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
The fire remains at 38,644 acres and 90 percent containment, with 925 firefighters remaining in the fire zone.
Santa Ynez Valley gets back to business as usual, though an evacuation warning and orders are still in effect for some areas due to the 38,664-acre fire.
Areas south of the fire perimeter are no longer under an evacuation order, while fire is now estimated at 38,663 acres.
Most evacuated residents have been allowed to return home, and fire crews are being deployed back to their home stations, to other fires, or onto north side of the more than 38,600-acre wildfire.
Update: Several evacuation orders and warnings were canceled Monday evening for the more than 38,000-acre fire, which County Fire expects to be fully contained by July 31.
