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Brush Fire In Northern Santa Barbara County Grows To 4500 Acres, Still At 0% Containment

(Photo by Mike Eliason, Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Canyon Fire in Santa Barbara County grows to 4500 acres

A brush fire in northern Santa Barbara County has grown to about 4500 acres, and is still out of control.

The Canyon Fire is burning on the south portion of Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Ynez Road. No structures are reported to be in immediate danger from the fire, which started Saturday night.

The fire prompted the precautionary cancellation of at a rocket launch scheduled from Vandenberg Sunday morning.

Hundreds of firefighters are involved in battling the blaze, which is currently at zero percent containment.

There’s no word yet on the cause of the fire.

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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