[Update, Friday, 9:35 a.m.]: County Fire spokesperson Mike Eliason reported Thursday evening that incident commanders expected to have full containment of the Coast Fire by later that night. The estimated size of the blaze was downgraded from 20 acres to 13.6 acres.
[Original Report]: Santa Barbara County firefighters, already with their hands full with the Thomas Fire, are now battling a 20-acre blaze on San Julian Road off Highway 1, south of Lompoc.
Department spokesperson Mike Eliason said the fire ― named the Coast Fire ― was reported just before 1 p.m. Thursday and quickly consumed “heavy fuel” in the area but with low winds has spread slowly since. Containment had reached 30 percent shortly after 3 p.m.