Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. officials say a gopher eradication device sparked a brush fire at an avocado orchard in Goleta on Tuesday.
The fire broke out around 8:30 a.m. at a private ranch in the Los Padres National Forest area off N. Patterson Rd.
Fire officials say forward progress of the fire was stopped by 9 a.m. It burned about 1/4 acre.
