Santa Barbara 2008 Fires VGI

By jsopher
  • 5:45 pm Gap Fire begins

    5:45 pm Gap Fire begins

    Gap Fire beigins 1 mile east of route 154 , near Lizard's mouth landmark.
  • 8:03PM FIRST report, Edhat.com

    8:03PM FIRST report, Edhat.com

    "A fire is burning in the hills above Santa Barbara this evening. White smoke visible and smell of smoke clear from Girsh Park. Sounds like at least one helicopter is fighting it. Someone heard the fire is near the Gun Club up San Marcos Pass."
  • 5 Gap Fire images posted on Flickr.com

    5 Gap Fire images posted on Flickr.com

    link to Flickr searchImages posted by users twomets (3 images) and zinkwazi (2 images)

  • KSBY (8:00AM)

    "as many as 100 acres have burned in the Los Padres National Forest near Goleta."
  • 5:00 AM First Independent coverage of Gap Fire

    5:00 AM First Independent coverage of Gap Fire

    According to Edhat.com, this was posted at 5am
  • 11:50 AM Ray Ford posts Google Map

    11:50 AM Ray Ford posts Google Map

    I believe this was linked to immediately by the Independent.com, as Ray Ford writes for them.
  • High school student Erik Bilsten posts Google Map

    High school student Erik Bilsten posts Google Map

    Erika Bilsten's widely used map.

  • Independent.com links to Erika Bildsten's Google Map

  • SB County posts shapefiles on website

  • Gap Fire officailly contained