SBC Fire crews respond to multiple fallen eucalyptus trees in Goleta
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.– Santa Barbara County Fire crews are on-site surveying the damage caused by a fallen eucalyptus tree across San Jose Creek and partially onto Calle Real in Goleta Tuesday afternoon as the storm hits the Central Coast.
As a result, Calle Real has been closed from Patterson Ave to Kellogg Ave. For a list of more road closures, click here.
SBC FF’s survey the damage caused by a 100’ eucalyptus tree that fell across San Jose Creek and partially onto Calle Real in the City of Goleta. With the ground already saturated and winds picking up, more will surely follow. Please treat all lines down as live wires & Call 911. pic.twitter.com/9llhXl6BbL
— SBCFireInfo (@EliasonMike) March 14, 2023
As the tree potentially pulled down wires, SBC Fire wants remind the community to treat all downed wires as live and active.
Another eucalyptus tree fell across the bridge that crosses Tecolote Creek in Goleta.
SBC Fire Captain Jason Orr surveys the damage from a fallen eucalyptus tree onto a bridge that crosses Tecolote Creek, near the Bacara Resort, in Goleta. pic.twitter.com/1OYYonqeIo
— SBCFireInfo (@EliasonMike) March 14, 2023
With more rain on the way, SBC Fire Department warns of further fallen trees.
