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Vehicle Of Missing Los Angeles County Firefighter Found In Santa Barbara County

Photo by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Wayne Habel of Newhall has been missing since Monday, August 13

The vehicle of a missing Los Angeles County firefighter has been found in Santa Barbara County. But there’s still no sign of 43-year-old Wayne Stuart Habel of Newhall.

LA County Sheriff’s officials say the 2008 Black Chrysler Aspen was located in a rural area of Montecito by a passerby Friday afternoon. Authorities searched in the area near the vehicle, but Habel was not found.

He was last seen leaving his home in Newhall on Monday at 7:30 am. Habel is described as six-feet tall, 225 pounds with short brown/blond hair and green eyes. He was wearing a blue shirt and plaid shorts.

If you have any information, you’re urged to contact the sheriff’s department.