(UPDATE: 6:00 p.m. Tuesday) – The Los Padres National Forest says the Range Fire has burned 100 acres.
Fire officials are still working to reach full containment. As of Tuesday evening, the fire is 75 percent contained.
Forward progress of the fire was stopped on Monday.
UPDATE (6:15 p.m.)- The Los Padres National Forest Service said the Range Fire the fire is 65 percent.
They said about 120 fire personnel are at the scene continuing to mop up the fire.
Firefighters at the scene tell KSBY News they have a “good handle on it.”
Full containment is expected Wednesday evening.
UPDATE (4:41 p.m) – The Los Padres National Forest Service said the Range Fire is 100 acres and 50 percent contained.
Initial measurements estimated that the fire was 150 acres, but now officials said the mapping confirms it burnt through 100 acres.
The Los Padres National Forest Service said a containment line is around it and another containment number should be up by 6 p.m.
Forward progress on the fire stopped Monday morning.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
UPDATE (8:40 a.m.) – The Los Padres National Forest says forward progress of the Range Fire burning in Santa Barbara County has been stopped.
The fire broke out late Sunday night and burned about 150 acres, according to the LPNF. However, Santa Barbara County Fire says mapping shows the fire to be approximately 100 acres.
As of 7:45 a.m., containment was estimated at about 50 percent.
Forest officials said about a dozen more engines had arrived at the scene Monday morning. Additional hand crews were also en route and air tankers ready to go.
UPDATE (7:40 a.m.) – The Range Fire has burned 100 acres in the Los Padres National Forest, fire officials announced Monday morning. They estimate it to be about 50 percent contained.
The incident commander says they are waiting for the inversion layer to lift so aircraft can drop water on the burn area.
No structures have been damaged and no injuries reported.
Federal investigators will be brought in to determine the cause.
UPDATE (5:35 a.m.) — The U.S. Forest Service will be the lead agency on the Range Fire, which is currently burning in the Los Padres National Forest. Santa Barbara County Fire will continue to assist with containment Monday morning.
KSBY’s news crew on the scene reports sounds of chainsaws and dozers working towards containment Monday morning. An update on the acreage of the fire is expected this morning.
Stay with KSBY for the latest.
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UPDATE (2:45 a.m.) — The Range Fire is actively burning 50 acres. Santa Barbara County Fire says they’ll have an update sometime Monday morning.
A KSBY crew is on the way. Check back for updates online and on air.
