Grass fire breaks out near Vandenberg; 1 lane of Hwy. 1 closed
A vegetation fire was burning near Highway 1 and Santa Lucia Canyon Road near Vandenberg Village on Thursday afternoon.
Personnel from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and Lompoc Fire Department were dispatched to the incident at 4:15 p.m. Shortly after arriving, firefighters estimated the blaze had burned between 10 to 15 acres.
The remote area is near Vandenberg Air Force Base, and is a few miles west of Vandenberg Village and north of the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex employee housing and facilities.
One southbound lane of Highway 1 was closed in the area of Santa Lucia Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Northbound lanes were open, but drivers should use caution and watch for emergency vehicles, Caltrans said on Twitter.
Brush fire near Vandenberg Village is blocking southbound #Hwy1 at Santa Lucia Cyn Rd, NB lanes OPEN but use caution & watch for emerg veh.
— Caltrans District 5 (@CaltransD5) July 28, 2017
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This story was originally published July 27, 2017 at 5:34 PM with the headline "Grass fire breaks out near Vandenberg; 1 lane of Hwy. 1 closed."