24/7 News Source — Cal Fire commanders say gusty winds returning to Santa Barbara County this morning could push flames from the 256-thousand-acre Thomas Fire downhill into the coastal communities of Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito and Santa Barbara itself.
The fire is 35-percent contained.
It's destroyed more than one-thousand structures and is threatening another 18-thousand.
Fire officials don't expect to have it fully contained until early January.
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