A small but dangerous wind driven wildfire was worked by at least 11 airtankers on Thursday (10-29).
The "Gibraltar Fire" broke out in the early morning hours (05:15) East of El Camino Road and East of Gibraltar Road between Montecito Peak and Cold Springs Saddle, within the Los Padres National Forest (Northeast of Santa Barbara) this area is steep and rugged so the potential for the fire to spread rapidly with the strong winds was always a danger.
Evacuations were in effect North of Highway 192, East of Cold Springs Road, West of Buena Vista Drive, and East of Camino Cielo Road. No structures were reported destroyed in the fire, smoke from the fire forced the closures of some schools in the areas.
Fire was only between 50-70 acres and was reported 50% contained today (10-30). The air tanker show included the following Tankers reported:
P2V's #14,#43.
BAE-146's #12,#40.
RJ-85's #160,#164.
MD-87's #101,#105.
S2's #73,#78,#100.
DC-10 #912.
Tankers were reportedly reloading out of Santa Maria for this fire.
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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
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