Santa Barbara Storage Yard Fire Kills One Woman

On Thursday, November 18th, an outdoor storage yard caught fire, leaving one man gravely injured and a woman dead. The man had been looking for the woman in the flames, but neither he nor the firefighters who arrived on the scene were able to locate her until the fire was out, around 8:30 PM. Her location was deep in the fire area before the firefighters arrived. 

People who frequented the storage yard reported the man and woman had been living there for years. A man who worked across from the storage yard claimed it was poorly managed and likely full of fire hazards. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Fire Investigation Task Force was called to investigate the fire's origin on Thursday night. Though the cause of the fire remains unknown, the flames were fueled by vehicles, propane tanks, and cans of paint.