UPDATE (1:32 p.m.) - While Santa Barbara County Fire reports PG&E infrastructure sparked the fire off Highway 135 Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the utility company tells KSBY a cause had not yet been identified, adding that none of the utility company's power lines were down and no damage found related to equipment.
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A fire Tuesday night off Highway 135 started at the base of a PG&E power pole, but no cause has been identified. No PG&E power lines were down and no damage to PG&E equipment has been found related to this fire.
UPDATE (9:57 a.m. Wednesday) - Santa Barbara County Fire reports the fire burned 1.8 acres and was fully contained by 3:30 a.m.. Fire officials say the cause was related to PG&E infrastructure.
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UPDATE (11:36 p.m.) - Forward progress on the fire has stopped. Firefighters will remain on site to clean up the scene.
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A vegetation fire is burning near Harris Grade Road and Highway 135 in Santa Barbara County.
Initial estimates by fire officials said the fire is approximately 1 to 2 acres with a slow rate of spread.
Forward progress was stopped around 11:36 p.m.
It broke out around 9:37 p.m. adjacent to Harris Grade Road and about one mile south of Highway 135, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Department captain Scott Safechuck.
No structures are immediately threatened. He added power lines may be down in the area.
Multiple fire departments are on scene.
