Ridge Fire initially started 8:30 a.m. Sep. 29 in Santa Barbara County. After being active for three days, it has burned 16.9 ...

[Update: Sun., Sept. 29, 2024, 4:05 p.m.] Santa Barbara County Fire Department investigators arrested a man “suspected of ...

Update by the edhat staff September 30, 2024 The Evacuation Warning issued for the Ridge Fire in the area of Alegria ...

Late Monday evening, a driver died after their vehicle crashed over an embankment, igniting a brush fire along Highway 154 ...

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is currently on scene of a vegetation fire near Highway 154 after a vehicle went off the side of the road.

Santa Barbara County officials canceled evacuation warnings for the area near Alegria Canyon and Hollister Ranch as ...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews arrested a man for suspicion of arson in connection to the fire near Hollister ...

Martin Rodriguez A Santa Maria man has been arrested in connection with vandalism and arson after a fire damaged a vacant ...

A Santa Maria man has been booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on charges of arson and felony vandalism, according to ...

Santa Barbara County firefighters are battling a brush fire in the Hollister Ridge area that broke out late Saturday night.

A new wildfire was reported today at 7:05 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. Ridge Fire has been burning on private land.

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