Small Brush Fire Near Highway 101 in Summerland Extinguished Tuesday Morning

Firefighters extinguished a small vegetation fire along Highway 101 southbound just north of the Summerland exit early Tuesday, May 19, according to the Montecito Fire Department.

Crews were dispatched around 6 a.m. to multiple reports of a fire near the railroad tracks. First-arriving units found a roughly 50-by-50-foot area burning and quickly knocked down the flames.

Montecito Fire thanked the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office for assisting.

Additional details were not immediately released.

A vegetation fire on the Summerland hillside west of Lookout Park was reported about 6 a.m. Carpinteria-Summerland firefighters went to the scene. This is above the railroad tracks and a known area for homeless camps. The smoke has dissipated. (Video: Jed Hirsch) pic.twitter.com/GUAdotiCNs

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