Los Padres National Forest firefighters responded to reports of multiple wildfires along Highway 166, west of Cuyama, in the afternoon of Friday, August 1st, 2025. Evacuations are in progress and road closures are now in effect. Los Padres National Forest is currently in unified command with Santa Barbara County Fire. A complex Incident Management Team has been ordered.

Please give plenty of room to firefighting vehicles and avoid areas where firefighters are actively working so that they can safely perform their duties to suppress these fires and so that you remain safe too.