UPDATE: Cave Fire Erupts on Santa Barbara Side of 154
Evacuations Ordered for Painted Cave Area Between East Camino Cielo and Foothill Road, Ontare to Fairview
[Update: Nov. 26, 11 a.m.] The Cave Fire has grown to more than 4,300 acres as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to Police Spokesperson Anthony Wagner. Wagner said the 29-year-old vegetation is still burning well above Santa Barbara’s foothills, and beneficial rain is due within 24 hours.
Air assets, dozers, hand crews, and more than 500 firefighters battled the blaze, and new crews are arriving this morning to relieve the firefighters who worked through the night.
N95 masks are available to the public at the Main Santa Barbara Library until 7 p.m. today. The Yanonali Annex Yard is staffed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday to distribute sandbags to the public.
