Tea Fire Moving West to Santa Barbara
Chris Meagher, reporting from MFPD Station 2, just received reports that the Tea Fire has moved into the City of Santa Barbara.
Day: November 13, 2008
Tea Fire Hits 400 Acres
Updated list of evacuated areas.
Sycamore Canyon Fire Deja Vu?
Tea Fire spreads quickly in an eerie similarity to the 1977 Sycamore Canyon Fire.
First Official Tea Fire Press Release
Seven homes have reportedly burned. The evacuation order for the Mountain Drive area is still in effect.
Update from Fire Command Center
Directions for evacuating animals.
Tea Fire Update
Power is out in much of downtown Santa Barbara as the Tea Fire consumes Westmont College.
UPDATE: Tea Fire Evacuations
As of most recent updates, the fire is 300 acres. Firefighters are nowhere near containment.
Blackout on Eastside of Santa Barbara
Report from Ray Ford imminent. Winds blowing up rather than down toward town from Ethan Stewart’s vantage point on lower Eastside, which is without power.
UPDATED: All of Mountain Drive Ordered to Evacuate
Structures on Westmont campus, others have reportedly burned.
Fire in Sycamore Canyon, Near Las Alturas Road
A three- to five-acre blaze reported on North Las Alturas Road.