Sherpa Fire

The Sherpa Fire, also called the Scherpa Fire, which broke out west of Goleta on June 15, 2016, burned over 8,000 acres in the Santa Ynez mountains of Santa Barbara County. The fire has been fueled by triple-digit heat, low humidity and the sundowner winds, creating "extreme fire danger" conditions for Santa Barbara County's south coast and in the Santa Ynez Mountains.