Containment hits 50% on Santa Barbara County wildfire; 100 acres of land charred

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published March 14, 2022 at 4:15 PM PDT

A wildfire on the Central Coast has charred about 100 acres of land in Santa Barbara County. No homes have been reported damaged.

Evacuation orders lifted for blaze on Hollister Ranch.

Firefighters appear to be getting the upper hand on a wildfire in Santa Barbara County.

Containment is now up to 50% on the 100 acre Hollister Ranch Fire.

It started at around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Santa Barbara County firefighters had to deal with erratic wind conditions through the weekend. Some evacuations were ordered Saturday.

However, no homes were damaged, and the evacuation orders have since been lifted. There’s no word on the cause of the fire.

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Lance Orozco

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.

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