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Car fire spreads into nearby brush in Los Alamos

By Julia Nguyen

Published August 3, 2021 3:59 pm

LOS ALAMOS, Calif. -- Santa Barbara County Fire stopped forward progress of a vegetation fire in Los Alamos on Tuesday afternoon.

At around 2:56 p.m., County Fire received reports of a car fire on Highway 101 northbound at Palmer Road in Los Alamos.

Fire engines arrived on scene to a car fire that spread into nearby brush in the area.

Firefighters were able to put out the two-acre fire and are on scene mopping up.

There were no reported injuries and no structures were damaged.

Traffic was impacted on Highway 101 near Los Alamos.

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