A wildfire broke out near Cathedral Oaks and State Route 154 at around 6:53 p.m. on Sunday evening, Santa Barbara County Fire spokesperson Mike Eliason reported. An Evacuation Order has been called for the neighborhoods along Cieneguitas Road and Calle Caridad just south of the fire.
First responders were on scene near Via Gaitera, which is the road that runs up to the San Marcos Foothills Preserve. The new Firehawk helicopter is dropping water on the Bridge Fire, making multiple passes with water from Laurel Reservoir as the smoke spreads into town and across the foothills.
Eliason estimated the fire at a half acre in the earliest reports and noted at Twitter that it has the potential to spread to 10 acres. High winds have been blowing out of the northwest across the foothills, with the gauge at San Marcos Pass registering between 43 and 49 mph this past hour.
This report will be updated as information becomes available.
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