Firefighting crews were dispatched to the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve on Monday, October 28, when two hikers reported a possible fire at 5:06 p.m.
The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District and Montecito Fire Department responded to the area — owned by the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County — where they found a vegetation fire burning. Forward progress of the fire was stopped in about 45 minutes, said Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Marshal Michael LoMonaco, and crews “kept it to less than one-eighth of an acre.”
“Just vegetation was damaged,” he added. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
