Vehicle Fire on Highway 154 Friday Afternoon
By the edhat staff
A vehicle fire on Highway 154 slowed down traffic on Friday afternoon.
At 4:07 p.m., Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to the area just west of E. Camino Cielo.
The number two westbound lane was closed temporarily as crews extinguished the fire engulfing an SUV.
Two occupants and a dog were able to exit the vehicle without injury prior to firefighters arrival.
Two county enginges and a Los Padres Fire Patrol were on the scene and able to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby vegetation.
Traffic was slowed in the area for several hours after the inicident due to cleanup.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Dec 31, 2022 08:55 AMOMG, another petroleum powered vehicle on fire! We need to stop driving these contraptions and go electric!!
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Dec 31, 2022 09:10 AMYou can go electric. Leave the rest of us alone.
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Dec 31, 2022 09:20 AM8:55 am was being sarcastic.
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Dec 31, 2022 10:12 AMA shame when perfectly good sarcasm is wasted on the uninformed.