On December 10th, it was reported that Thomas fire makes history as the fifth largest wildfire California has ever seen. Santa Barbra county fire crews fought long on Sunday and the damage was uncontrollable as 230,000 acres had been under fire. During the day, the fire grew to an alarming 50,000 acres causing Santa Barbra residents to evacuate their homes.
Winds coming from Santa Ana pushed the fire from Ventura County over onto Santa Barbara County line late Saturday. The biggest concern for Ventura County Fire Department was the fire moving west to an area of extremely dry vegetation that hadn't been burned for about 100 years. According to the Fire Department representative "The fuels in there are thick and they're dead so they're very receptive to fire..." They believed if the fire were to move further west, it might create a "chimney-like effect." According to the Thomas fire spokesperson, the approximate 8,500 firefighers across Southern California fighting 6 different wildfires were making progress and appropriate precautions are all being made.
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