Evacuations Lifted as Firefighters Reach 50% Containment for Vegetation Fire Near Vandenberg Village
Santa Lucia Fire charred about 35 acres and threatened homes in the neighborhood, according to the County Fire Department
Firefighters reached 50% containment on the 35-acre Santa Lucia Fire Friday afternoon and evacuation orders were lifted for the area. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo) By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol | UPDATED 5:35 p.m.
July 9, 2021
| 2:04 p.m.
Evacuation orders were lifted Friday afternoon as firefighters from multiple agencies reached 50% containment on a wildfire burning near the Lompoc Federal Prison Complex and Vandenberg Village.
Crews were dispatched at about 1:40 p.m. to the vegetation fire that was reported in the area of Santa Lucia Canyon Road and Klein Boulevard. Air tankers and helicopters were also called to the scene.
By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
May 2, 2021
| 5:05 p.m.
Santa Barbara County officials on Sunday reported an additional 18 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no new virus-related fatalities.
The county has confirmed 34,223 coronavirus cases since the first positive case was reported in March 2020, according to the county Public Health Department.
To date, 450 people have died from COVID-19 in the county, the online status report released Sunday showed.
Eight COVID-19 patients were in local hospitals, down from 11 the previous day, according to the county.
Two of those patients were being treated in intensive-care units, a number that has remained unchanged from Friday.
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