We happened to be staying at the Earl Warren Showgrounds RV Park in Santa Barbara for Thanksgiving week. This location gave us a view of the Santa Ynez Mountains where the Cave Fire occurred.
The fire started near the top of the mountains near the community of Painted Cave. Pushed by gusty down-canyon winds, the fire rapidly spread down the mountainside towards the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara.
The fire started around 4:15 pm on Monday, November 25th. This image was taken from the showgrounds about 30 minutes after the fire began.
As darkness fell and the night advanced, we would occasionally go out to keep an eye on the fire progression.
Earl Warren Showgrounds became the incident command center and we watched as firefighters, fire engines and support equipment arrived.
Some of the at least 600 personnel came quite a long ways!
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