Jesusita Fire Swells to 1,300 Acres [CA]

The Sound ^ | May 7, 2009 | Staff

[mfccinsd]

I saw an interview of a family in SB who were the only ones in their area to emerge unscathed and they had installed 9 sprinklers on their roof and had those on a couple of times keeping their roof from igniting.

Have your folks got some defensible space around their home? Like I said, I can relate and am praying...if you update here (or elsewhere) would you ping me?

[DTogo]

I don't know why most folks who live in the hills don't do the same, get out there and water the roof when they know a fire's out there, and have all brush removed 100+ ft. from their homes at all times.

So far so good, but more visitors coming today from the Patterson Ave area due to creeping smoke beyond Cathedral Oaks.

[DTogo]

Informative Google map at the bottom of this website here.

Wow, almost half of downtown SB is closed off!

[La Enchiladita]

I saw an interview of a family in SB who were the only ones in their area to emerge unscathed and they had installed 9 sprinklers on their roof and had those on a couple of times keeping their roof from igniting.

Yep, I saw this too! It seems effective.

Your later post saying half of downtown SB closed off is scary.

[NormsRevenge]

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A hot tub and a pool next to a house that burned during the Jesusita fire is seen in Santa Barbara, California May 7, 2009. A wildfire that has destroyed dozens of multimillion-dollar homes and injured 10 firefighters burned unchecked through the central California foothills at the edge of Santa Barbara for a third day on Thursday.

[NormsRevenge]

Local residents watch as houses burn and others are threatened by flames during the Jesusita Fire in the hills of Santa Barbara. An out-of-control wildfire raged in California after destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee, officials said. (AFP/Mark Ralston)