Smoke from the La Brea fire near Santa Maria has made its way over the Mountain Communities since the fire began the afternoon of August 8. Residents have expressed concern that a local fire has been the cause; however, the Forest Service has not reported any fires in our area.

Please look for further updates and information on road closures on the inciweb.org website (incident 1803).

This is part of the August 14, 2009 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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