SUMMERLAND, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews are on the scene of a small vegetation fire along southbound Highway 101 in Summerland Tuesday. According to the California Highway Patrol, the Wallace Avenue on ramp was closed and a fire engine was stopped in the number 3 lane as firefighters worked to put out the flames. An
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MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews could see the smoke on their way to put out a second-alarm structure fire at 588 Picacho Lane in Montecito. Multiple fire trucks lined the lane and the long tree-lined driveway leading to the home in a gated compound. Two battalion chief trucks, more medic engine vehicles and several other
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A 43-year-old man was arrested for arson in connection with multiple small fires along Modoc Road Thursday afternoon as well as a brush fire on State Street last weekend. On Oct. 15, around 12:09 p.m., officers responded alongside firefighters with the Santa Barbara City Fire Department to a reported brush
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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) — A new California law aims to reduce the risk of wildfires during vegetation-clearing operations by requiring workers to have fire-suppression equipment readily available. Assembly Bill 2075 follows the 2024 Mountain Fire in Ventura County, which investigators traced to hot debris from a tractor tire involved in an earlier fire near
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Both the San Luis Obispo Police and Fire Departments investigated a fire at the Tesla charging station around 6:00 pm. Monday. SLOPD officers need to speak with the Tesla’s owners who witnessed a possible suspect before they left. Those with more information on the incident are asked to contact Officer
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CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews rescued one woman from a balcony after a second-alarm structure fire in Carpinteria, according to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District. The structure fire first broke out just before 2:00 p.m. at the Shepard Place apartment complex, according to the CSFPD. Two units in the complex suffered fire damage before crews
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LOS OSOS, Calif. (KEYT) – A dog has died and a family displaced after a fire at a home on Los Osos Valley road Monday morning. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, units responded to a residential fire in the 2200 block of Los Osos Valley Road and arrived to find the
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – A local surf shop has an honest customer to thank. Anacapa Surf N Sport in Oxnard Shores shared a story on social media about a customer who was undercharged. The customer named Aric is an L.A. firefighter and dad, who came back to the store to say he owed Anacapa Surf more money. “We had undercharged
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – The San Luis Obispo Fire Department put out a house fire just before 6:30 a.m. at 1118 Chorro Street Sunday. SLOFD crews found a small fire at a business and quickly put it out before heavy smoke found the apartments above the area. SLOFD crews alongside the SLO Police Department
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews are responding to a vehicle fire that has spread to about 33 acres of nearby vegetation along Highway 101 northeast of San Luis Obispo Wednesday. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, forward progress of the flames was halted at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday and
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PASO ROBLES, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews stopped forward progress on two vegetation fires that reached four acres just after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday in rural Paso Robles, according to CAL FIRE SLO. The fires first broke out just after 3:30 p.m. at the 5000 block of Estrella Road in the rural portion of the city and
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews are on the scene of what appears to be a fire caused by a lithium-ion battery at the Chicago Grade Landfill on Homestead Road east of Atascadero Friday. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, flames are mostly knocked down and teams are using
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews responded to what has been deemed a suspicious fire at Sinsheimer Stadium early Tuesday morning. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, a fire was reported at the stadium at 2:55 a.m. and involved a storage building and a nearby tree. The fire originated outside
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Santa Maria Fire Marshal says the ‘Santa Maria Supply’ building is a total loss after a fire over the weekend. Emergency crews were called out to the fire at the corner of Blosser Road and Boone Street around 3:30 Saturday morning. The fire was burning through Santa Maria Supply, a
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Smoke and flames could be seen throughout the lagoon area of UC Santa Barbara Monday morning where a special fire was burning. It was set by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department in a special project with the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. This prescribed burn is planned
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews are on the scene of a ten-acre vegetation fire near Highway 1 and Mail Pouch Lane northwest of San Luis Obispo city limits Friday. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, forward progress of flames at two separate fires has been halted by 5:10
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – On Thursday, a 38-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested in connection with a suspicious fire put out earlier this week. On Sep. 8, around 4:30 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to a reported brush fire along the Bob Jones Bike Trail, north of Los Osos Valley Road, stated a
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews battled an 85-acre vegetation fire in the 13000 block of Soda Lake Road in eastern reaches of San Luis Obispo County Wednesday. According to the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, forward progress of the flames was halted around 3:45 p.m. and the fire was largely
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – The San Luis Obispo Police Department is investigating a suspicious fire near Bob Jones Bike Trail just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The SLO Fire Department alongside CAL FIRE found a vegetation fire near the decomissioned City Utilities facility. Five vehicles in the facilities caught fire and crews eventually cleared
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VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) First responders responded to the Crown Plaza early Sunday morning, but not for an emergency. They joined in the Memorial Stair Climb to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice September 11, 2001, 25 years ago. Oxnard firefighter Daniel Keller carried his therapy dog Riggs in a back pack during the climb.
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