‘A rare sight.’ Snow falls on Cave Fire burn above Santa Barbara on Thanksgiving
Three days after erupting and spreading a path of destruction through the Los Padres National Forest, the Cave Fire above Santa Barbara got an unusual visitor from Mother Nature:
Snow.
Snow began falling at the 3,500-foot level of the fire footprint atop East Camina Cielo early Thanksgiving morning, Santa Barbara County Fire spokesman Mike Eliason tweeted.
“The recently charred chaparral covered in snow is a rare sight for the Santa Barbara South Coast,” he wrote.
Around 9 a.m. the snow even began falling lower than 3,500 feet, Eliason tweeted.
The Cave Fire was 70% contained as of Thursday night, according to a tweet from Santa Barbara County Fire Capt. Daniel Bertucelli.
The acreage remains at 3,126 acres.
In a follow-up tweet Friday morning, Bertucelli warned that “smoldering material from the Cave Fire may be present for several days” and that crews will continue to mop up hot spots.
This story was originally published November 28, 2019 at 9:56 AM.
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