A brush fire caused a brief scare on the South Coast Sunday afternoon, sending up a billowing cloud of smoke in the foothills above Goleta.
The fire was discovered at around 2:30 p.m., just northwest of Fairview Avenue. The blaze was in the La Patera Ranch area.
Santa Barbara County firefighters say it burned at least 10 acres of brush, with the potential to reach 100. Despite some wind, firefighters got the upper hand on the blaze in about an hour.
No structures were damaged. There's no word on the cause of the fire.
