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Gibraltar Fire Prompts Evacuation Warnings in Hills Above Santa Barbara, Montecito

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A DC-10 air tanker makes a drop in the foothills above Santa Barbara-Montecito on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Dept.)

A brush fire broke out in the hills above Montecito and Santa Barbara in the pre-dawn hours Thursday and quickly grew, fanned by high winds and dry Santa Ana conditions.

The Gibraltar Fire had grown to about 70 acres by 9 a.m. Evacuation warnings are in effect for some communities in the area.

Read more and get ongoing updates via KPCC

The County of Santa Barbara is updating a map of evacuation warning zones:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=z9MS5eCJlfoQ.k1cefJ9a8vIE&amp

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