Rey Fire In Santa Barbara County Now More Than One Third Contained

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Planes continue aerial attack on Rey Fire in Santa Barbara County
(Photo By Mike Eliason, Santa Barbara County Fire Department)

Firefighters are continuing to build containment lines around the now nearly 32,000 acre Rey Wildfire, burning in the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County.

The blaze is now a little over a third contained, at 35%, with full containment projected for the middle of next week.

More than 1700 people are now involved with efforts to stop the blaze, which has been burning since last Thursday afternoon.

No structures have been reported damaged.

The fire has burned grass, brush, and some oak trees in backcountry areas off of the east end of the Santa Ynez Valley. It’s about nine miles north of Santa Barbara.

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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.