A vegetation fire burning south of the Santa Ynez Airport charred 139 acres on Monday. Cause remained under investigation. (Zack Warburg / Noozhawk photo)
  • A vegetation fire burning south of the Santa Ynez Airport charred 139 acres on Monday before being contained.
    A vegetation fire burning south of the Santa Ynez Airport charred 139 acres on Monday before being contained.
  • A BAe-146 air tanker makes a drop of retardant Monday near the Gainey Winery as firefighters battled a 139-acre vegetation fire south of the Santa Ynez Airport.
    A BAe-146 air tanker makes a drop of retardant Monday near the Gainey Winery as firefighters battled a 139-acre vegetation fire south of the Santa Ynez Airport.
  • A Santa Barbara County bulldozer works the west flank of a vegetation blaze that broke out Monday near the Santa Ynez Airport.
    A Santa Barbara County bulldozer works the west flank of a vegetation blaze that broke out Monday near the Santa Ynez Airport.
  • A Calfire S-2 makes a retardant drop along the south side of a vegetation fire burning Monday near the Santa Ynez Airport. The fire was held to 139 acres.
    A Calfire S-2 makes a retardant drop along the south side of a vegetation fire burning Monday near the Santa Ynez Airport. The fire was held to 139 acres.
  • Smoke billows up beyond a runway at the Santa Ynez Airport on Monday during a vegetation fire that blackened 139 acres.
    Smoke billows up beyond a runway at the Santa Ynez Airport on Monday during a vegetation fire that blackened 139 acres.

Firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a vegetation fire burning near the Santa Ynez Airport.

Crews were dispatched shortly before 1:30 p.m. to the blaze, which was burning mainly south of the airport.

Final mapping showed that the fire had charred 139 acres, according to Capt. Dave Zaniboni of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

The blaze was declared fully contained at about 3:20 p.m.

Two county helicopter were deployed to make water drops, while two air tankers made retardant drops.

Crews from Los Padres National Forest also assisted in battling the fire.

A BAe-146 air tanker makes a drop of retardant Monday near the Gainey Winery as firefighters battled a 139-acre vegetation fire south of the Santa Ynez Airport.
A BAe-146 air tanker makes a drop of retardant Monday near the Gainey Winery as firefighters battled a 139-acre vegetation fire south of the Santa Ynez Airport. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)

At one point, sheriff's deputies were standing by for possible evacuation of the nearby Gainey Winery, where a processing facility was being threatened by the blaze, Zaniboni said.

He added that no structures were damaged and no injuries were reported.

Flight operations at the airport were suspended temporarily during the fire.

Cause of the fire remained under investigation.

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