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As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
The fire grew to more than 208,000 acres by July 27.Montecito Firefighters shared video on Instagram showing the forest fire, which is burning in Northern California’s Plumas and Butte counties.
Critical fire weather: Red flag warnings have been issued across the region, citing "increased risk for large fires with very rapid fire spread, extreme fire behavior and long-range spotting."
The cause of the fire was under investigation for the first four days when authorities determined on November 17 that it was "human-caused". [10] The following day, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office investigators announced that the fire was caused by a group of ten men and women, age 18 to 22, college students, who went to the abandoned Tea House on the night of Wednesday, November 12, and ...
Powerful winds that fueled fast-moving wildfires across Southern California this week are expected to pick up momentum on Thursday –– worsening conditions for firefighters who are already ...
Early on the morning of January 9, mudflows struck Montecito, which had been affected by the Thomas Fire, and other areas of Santa Barbara County. [15] An estimated 0.5 inches (13 mm) of rain fell within a five-minute period at approximately 3:30 a.m., causing mud and boulders from the Santa Ynez Mountains to flow down creeks and valleys into ...
Montecito (archaic use of Spanish for woodland or countryside) [6] is an unincorporated town in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Located on the Central Coast of California , Montecito sits between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean .
Storms, fires and the positioning of Montecito have resulted in a precarious existence for the town's mostly wealthy residents. A perilous paradise: In Montecito, fires, floods and mudflows leave ...