KEYT - Cars set on fire blocks apart in Goleta, apartments damaged...

KEYT - Cars set on fire blocks apart in Goleta, apartments damaged...

Local Fire in County Contained

KEYT (Video)

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire in Santa Barbara which broke out around 2pm today. The fire made a big scare for local residents who identified the smoke in the local area but the fire has been contained after a few hours.

The fire was at 1500 More Mesa near Hope Ranch and has burned 5 acres, according to County Fire Officials. The fire burned in an open field of about 40 acres between Goleta Beach and Hope Ranch.

Fire crew[s] from Zaca fire responded, along with air and hand crew.

Zaca Wildland Fire Information

Zaca Wildland Fire information and updates are available at InciWeb.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/770/

Rancho Wildland Fire

For updated information on the fire that is currently burning on Paradise Road, east of the Ranger Station, visit http://www.inciweb.org/incident/747

Goleta Fire Leaves Two Without A Home

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Two Goleta women are without a home this morning after an overnight fire trapped them in a Mobil home. Flames broke out just after midnight on Old Mill Road in the Rancho Santa Barbara Mobile Home Park.

County Fire crews found the mobile home engulfed in flames that partly spread to other homes on both sides.

Fire crews helped the women escape before the home completely collapsed. Heat from the fire badly damaged one of the homes next door.

No no-life threatening injuries reported and Red Cross is offering assistance. Edison is inspecting nearby power lines exposed to the intense heat. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damages total to $150,000.

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KCOY (Video)

GOLETA - Two Goleta women are looking for a new place to live after their mobile home burned to the ground.

It happened early Tuesday morning on Old Mill Road near San Marcos Pass Road and Calle Real.

Police say two women were able to escape from the burning mobile home, although one was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Fire crews say the homes on either side of the burning trailer were threatened, but were not seriously damaged.

Firefighters say the home had a working alarm.

No word on what may have caused the fire.

Child playing with matches blamed for starting Goleta apartment fire

KKFX (Video)

GOLETA - A five-year-old boy playing with matches in a storage closet is being blamed for sparking Thursday's fire at an apartment complex in Goleta.

The fire -- on Linfield Place -- left 19 people without a home.

Flames destroyed one unit, burned another and filled the entire complex with smoke.

Damages are estimated at $100,000.

Nobody was hurt.

But fire investigators say it could have been deadly.

They're reminding parents to tell their children not to play with fire.

Goleta Fire Displaces Nineteen

KEYT (Video)

Nineteen people are displaced after a fire at a Goleta apartment complex. Santa Barbara County Fire was called to the 400 block of Linfield Place just before 1pm this afternoon.

Crews were able to quickly knock down the flames in the two alarm blaze. Fortunately there were no injuries but there were frightening moments for those who live near by.

Four people live in the apartment where the fire originated. An electrician is trying to restore power to the adjoining units that would enable the remaining fifteen people to return to their homes. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Red Cross is offering assistance to those displaced by the fire.

KEY News Reporter Michelle Cole has the story.

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SB Independent
By Chris Meagher
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Twenty-seven firefighters responded to a fire which devastated an apartment in Goleta Thursday, leaving up to 19 complex residents possibly displaced for the night. Santa Barbara County fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire, which occurred around 12:35 p.m. Thursday at a six-unit apartment complex at 449 Lindfield [sic] Place.

A woman and a boy were in the apartment of origin when fire alarms sounded. The two were able to make it out safely, according to Capt. Eli Iskow. Responding firefighters — six engine companies and one truck companies’ worth — were able to douse the fire down quickly, containing the fire to the one apartment.

Other apartments in the complex suffered smoke damage, and depending on whether or not the electrical system can be rerouted, 19 people may have to sleep somewhere else Thursday night. The occupants of the original apartment and the one above are displaced. The Red Cross is assisting those who need help.

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KCOY (Video)

GOLETA - 19 people are without a home Thursday night after a fire broke out an apartment building.

Firefighters say the fire started around noon at the complex in Goleta.

The fire broke out at the bottom unit.

There are six units in the whole building where eight adults and 11 children lived.

Firefighters responded quickly, so the fire damage was contained to the one unit, but the smoke from the fire affected the entire building.

Most of the neighbors will be allowed to return in the next few days, but one single mother and her children who live in the unit where the fire broke out won't be able to come home for awhile.

She was home with one kid at the time of the fire while her other two children were at school.

Some neighbors from the building and around the block were home and called 9-1-1 when they smelled the smoke.

As of now the cause of the fire is under investigation, but the woman tells us that it was most likely electrical.

Burning Trash Scorches [Contents of a Dumpster at] Goleta's Holiday Inn

The Santa Barbara Independent is reporting the contents of a dumpster in the parking lot of the Goleta Holiday Inn caught on fire Monday. Damage to the hotel was limited and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.