Cal Fire is reporting the following (I checked these sites at 10:20 PM EST):
1. Tea / Montecito Fire is 100% contained, 1,940 acres burned, 210 residences destroyed and 9 residences damaged.
2. Sayre Fire is 64% contained, 11,207 acres burned, approximately 615 residences damaged or destroyed, civilian injuries reported
3. Freeway complex Fire is 60% contained, 28,889 acres burned, 155 residences destroyed, 104 residences damaged, and 1,000 residences still threatened.
Wildlandfire cites a report that four firefighters had minor injuries fighting the freeway fires.
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