![]() ![]() ![]() Winds pushed the fire across Highway 101 Monday afternoon toward Tajiguas Beach. The fire pumped out a massive smoke plume that was visible throughout the Santa Ynez Valley and along the Gaviota Coast. CHPĭriven by powerful northerly winds, flames tore through dense, dry brush and grass, spreading at a rapid rate, the U.S. The blaze shuttered a section of Highway 101. The Alisal Fire broke out in the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County on Oct. There are 100 to 120 structures threatened. Monday in the Santa Ynez Mountains above Alisal Reservoir and was 6,000 acres with no containment Tuesday morning, the Santa Barbara Fire Department said. The Alisal Fire broke out at about 2:30 p.m. "There is no estimated time for re-opening." Please use I-5 as an alternate route," the California Highway Patrol's Santa Barbara unit shared on Twitter. "US 101 is closed to thru traffic at Winchester Canyon Road to SR 1 due to a large fire in the area. A wildfire that broke out amid high winds in Santa Barbara County on Monday closed a stretch of Highway 101 Monday night and the major freeway remained shut down to traffic in both directions Tuesday morning. 12 as the Alisal Fire closed a section of Highway 101. Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County was backed up Oct. The recommended alternate routes, Highway 154 and Interstate 5, are backed up with traffic. California Highway Patrol in Santa Barbara reported late Monday morning that Highway 101 remained closed in both directions from Winchester to Highway 1. Forest Service engines were arriving to provide structure protection." The ranch "has good defensible space, and several U.S. The Alisal Fire was several miles from the ranch, the Santa Barbara Fire Department said on Twitter. A smoke column was visible in the distance behind former President Ronald Reagan’s Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday afternoon. Get the latest evacuation information from the county. More evacuations were issued Tuesday and people have been asked to leave their homes in an area stretching from the mountains to the coast.
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