Santa Barbara Co. fire, my family lives in SB what is it like in SB city proper ?

Question

I do not watch the news and just read about the big fire in Santa Barbara County. My family lives on the mesa in Santa barbara but we have no way to talk. Is it heavy smoke or how close is the fire to downtown SB ? I understand it is up in the mountains, but I can't figure out how close it is and all, anyone know ?

Answer 1

Santa Barbara County is pretty large...

Here's the website... maybe the locations are familiar to you...
http://www.sbcfire.com/

Santa Barbara TV Station, KEYT: http://www.keyt.com/

Fire Map from CDF (California Department of Forestry): http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_maps?incident_id=190

Info from the City of Santa Barbara: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/home.htm

Quickly scanning the headlines, the fire seems to be North of the city proper...