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Fire That Destroyed Santa Barbara Home Determined to Be Accidental
Fire officials say the blaze on the 1300 block of Dover Hill Road most likely was caused by an electrical malfunction
The smoldering remains of a home that was destroyed by fire Saturday on the Riviera in Santa Barbara. The blaze on the 1300 block of Dover Hill Road likely was deemed accidental, and likely was caused by an electrical malfunction, fire officials said. (Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
May 11, 2021
| 5:11 p.m.
A fire that destroyed a home on the Riviera in Santa Barbara over the weekend was deemed accidental, and most likely was caused by an electrical malfunction, according to the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.
Rescuers clueless why 2 students were ‘just floating out there’ in a boat made of kiddie pools and buckets
Updated May 10, 6:00 PM;
Posted May 10, 6:00 PM
Two students were rescued off the coast of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara County early Saturday on their makeshift boat, shown here inverted. (Courtesy Santa Barbara County Fire Department/TNS)TNS
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LOS ANGELES – Two college students in a homemade boat made from plastic kiddie wading pools, plywood, 20 5-gallon buckets and duct tape were rescued off the coast of Santa Barbara early Saturday.
The two male college students in their 20s set off from Isla Vista near UC Santa Barbara sometime Friday evening or early Saturday. Fire personnel received an emergency call at 2 a.m. from someone on shore who saw strobe lights they carried on board.
College Students Rescued From Boat Made of Buckets and Kiddie Pools
On 5/11/21 at 2:12 PM EDT
These boys bizarre boat invention landed them in some rather chilly water this past weekend when their local fire department and emergency rescue services were called to bring them to shore.
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department was summoned to rescue two local college students from the freezing ocean waters near Isla Vista in the early morning hours on Saturday after they tried to sail on a boat of their own creation.
According to a report from The San Luis Obispo Tribune, the two students attempted to build their own boat with a host of unconventional materials, including 20 Home Depot orange buckets, two plastic kiddie pools, a large piece of plywood and plenty of duct tape.