Date uploaded: 2021-10-13 13:53:31
Evacuation orders have been expanded for a growing wildfire driven by intense winds that has shut down a key Southern California highway.
At least 200 firefighters battled the Alisal Fire, which had scorched 21 square miles along coastal Santa Barbara County and was only 5% contained as of late Tuesday, county fire officials said.
The fire erupted Monday on a ridge and blasted toward the ocean, forcing the closure of U.S. 101, the only major highway on that section of the coast.
📸 Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire via @apnews
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