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Containment grows in fight against Lake Fire: It's burned 38,000+ acres in Santa Barbara County

Firefighters working on the Lake Fire in the Figueroa Mountain area.
Scott Safechuck
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Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Firefighters working on the Lake Fire in the Figueroa Mountain area.

More evacuation orders lifted.

The containment numbers continue grow on Santa Barbara County’s Lake Fire.

As of midday Tuesday, containment is at 38%, with the fire at more than 38,000 acres burned. The acreage number has only increased by a few hundred acres during the last few days.

Most of the land that’s burned is in the Los Padres National Forest. The fire wasn't even visible in the Santa Ynez Valley Monday. Most of the evacuation orders have been lifted. Some of the aircraft, and fire crews which have been fighting the fire have been released.

Six firefighters have been injured. Three structures have been destroyed, and one damaged.

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.