A brush fire broke out Saturday at the southern end of Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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Firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, CalFire, and the U.S. Forestry Service have also responded with efforts to fight the fire, authorities said.
As of 11 a.m. this morning, the fire – at 0 percent containment – is expected to remain on Vandenberg property, according to county fire spokesperson David Zaniboni. “Though our facilities are intact, some power lines have been damaged as the fire is located in a remote canyon between Arguello and Santa Ynez Ridge Roads”, Marrero said.
The Canyon Fire has grown to 2,200 acres throughout the day Sunday.
A wildfire burning on the south side of Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc grew to 4,500 acres Monday despite an aggressive air and ground attack to stop flames from advancing.
CAL FIRE SLO sent a crew Saturday night to help fight the blaze.
With additional crews arriving throughout the evening, on- and off-base residents are being directed to avoid the South Base area, a base spokesman said. Effective immediately and until further notice, only mission-essential personnel, as designated by their commander, will be granted access to South Base.
Lt. William Collette said the fire burning Sunday at Vandenberg Air Force Base had scrubbed the planned rocket launch.
“According to Col. Paul Nosek, Emergency Operations Center commander, no space launch complexes or critical range assets are in immediate danger”.
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Air Force Lt. William Collette said no new date has been set for launching the WorldView 4 satellite, but United Launch Alliance officials said the launch will be postponed until at least September 26. The satellite is created to produce high-resolution images of Earth from space.
