The Santa Clarita Valley was filled with smoky skies and the smell of fire Friday morning but no local fires have been reported.
“We have no reports of any active fires in the Santa Clarita area as of now,” said Inspector Randall Wright with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station has received numerous phone calls from residents who have expressed concerns about the smell and haze, according to Shirley Miller, spokeswoman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. The smoke is drifting from the Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County.
Los Padres National Forest officials say the smoke may be from the 4,000-acre Sherpa Fire, west of Goleta, just north of the city of Santa Barbara.
“We just heard that people yesterday were smelling smoke in Ventura,” said Los Padres National Forest spokesman Manuel Madrigal. “It might be a possibility (that smoke has reached Los Angeles County).”
As of Friday morning, the fire had burned 4,000 acres and was 5 percent contained, according to forest officials. The fire began Wednesday.
About 270 structures are threatened and one structure has been destroyed. No injuries have been reported.
More than 1,230 personnel have been assigned to the fire.
The fire along Highway 101 is constantly being evaluated, according to fire officials. Highway 101 may be closed again if the fire becomes a hazard to motorists.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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46 Comments
Ok Great I smell the smoke but don’t see any flames .
Casey Twiggy Henry
Cört Stëll Santa Clarita is getting it, so that’s probably what it is down here too
There is not that much smoke coming from Santa Barbara okay maybe from castaic where the firefighters are training but not Santa Barbara! Too much smoke in canyon country to be from the wind blowing it out way
The Castaic training was yesterday. I thought so too at first.
I guess there training from June 14-20th
Nancy Gwinn Gabor
The marine layer is keeping it low and moving it inland.
Agua Dulce too :(
Yuck no fun for asthmatics
John E. Rozelle
Sally Tidwell
Dawn Von Rueden-Zeek
impressive! I hope the are able to get control soon while keeping everyone safe!
Smoke is pretty bad
Why was it totally clear in Ventura?!
Nancy Magana Sanchez
I see thank you.
I see and smell smoke in Burbank right now. Could it travel that far?
It’s from Santa Barbara.
We could smell & see the smoke in our area of Valencia.
No wonder i smelled it!! Idamarie Dibisceglie
Damn that sux
I’m in Canyon Country, up in a pretty high location and the sky is just full of smoke, starting to get into the house. From the house we can see a view across a huge section of the valley Soledad Canyone and White’s Canyon going up the hill and the whole area is shrouded in smoke, can’t even see the hills. Visibility estimate is less than a mile. And my lungs are starting to burn. It’s very bad.
This was on a different post!
Kristy Albrecq
YIkes. Wondering how this will impact the #SugarDaddyHalfMarathon race tomorrow :(
Lori Ann Fry-Fluxa
Smokey as hell in Fillmore
Sylmar/ San Fernando is bad too
Smoke hasn’t made it here in Indiana yet :)
TJ Flappe R
I have been smelling the smoke and then when a fire helicopter landed at Pinetree school I thought for sure there was a local fire but it was for a medical airlift. ..God bless our first responders. ..and prayers to the child’s family who was airlifted…:(
Eric Encinas
It’s like that at home to
Shayna
Elizabeth Hilda May Price
Woah. You two be careful out there.
Mikey Montes
I live in Santa Clarita and when I can home all I smelt was smoke need deader creak school
All I saw was smoke and a little bit of some flames in the morning
Antelope Valley is socked in.
Marina Jessica Delgado see i told u
It was bad walking outside ?
I’m in canyon country is the fire still burning?? and where is it going???
Planning on vacation in Santa Barbara this weekend wife is asthmatic is there still lots of smoke