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The Tea Fire, also known as the Montecito Tea Fire, was a wildfire that began on November 13, 2008, destroying 210 homes in the cities of Montecito and Santa Barbara, California, in the United States of America. [4] It was the first of several November 2008 wildfires that burned hundreds of homes from November 13–15, 2008. The Tea Fire ...
Montecito Tea Fire - a wildfire that started on November 13, 2008, in the wealthy community of Montecito, in Santa Barbara County, California, resulting in the destruction of 210 homes. [52] Many celebrities have homes in the area of the Tea Fire, including Oprah Winfrey , Rob Lowe , and Steven Spielberg .
The mandatory evacuation zone was expanded to cover a majority of Montecito's estimated 10,000 residents two days later (January 11) due to disruptions in electricity, gas, water, sewage and Internet, and due to emergency road works and ongoing search and rescue operations. [31] The mudflows caused 23 confirmed deaths, mostly in the Montecito area.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Thomas Fire originated as two separate fires, with the first fire igniting on December 4 at 6:26 p.m. PST, on a cattle ranch on Anlauf Canyon Road near Thomas Aquinas College, [140] while the second fire started about 30 minutes later, nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) north in Upper Ojai, at the top of Koenigstein Road.
It's not even the midpoint of summer in California and wildfires have already scorched more than 751,000 acres, straining firefighting resources, forcing evacuations and destroying homes.