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Firefighters continue to mop up brush fire in Los Padres National Forest

Firefighters mopping up a brush fire in the Los Padres National Forest between Santa Maria and Cuyama.
Los Padres National Forest
Firefighters mopping up a brush fire in the Los Padres National Forest between Santa Maria and Cuyama.

Blaze chars about 50 acres of land in National Forest off of Highway 166.

Firefighters are continuing to mop up a brush fire burning in the Los Padres National Forest.

The blaze started Friday afternoon, off of Highway 166 between Santa Maria and New Cuyama. It's near the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo County line, in the Rock Front Ranch area.

The Gifford Fire closed Highway 166 for a few hours Friday before it was contained Friday night.

There's no word of any structures being damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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.