WUSA CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley June 17, 2016
The socalled sherpa fire now howling through Santa Barbaras coastal canyons. 400 people were evacuated. Ranch hand griffin sterch, is on standby. We didnt think it was going to come this early. It came out of nowhere. It ended up getting thicker and thicker and off of a sudden we started hearing sirens so we knew it was a big deal. Reporter this area has not had a fire in nearly 70 years. Santa barbara fire chief Eric Peterson says the states fiveyear drought has left the area especially vulnerable. The fuels out there are drought stressed. Theres a lot of tree mortality out there that, you kn...