Emergency crews responded to a fire along the southbound Highway 101 in Summerland Tuesday morning.
Emergency crews responded to a fire along the southbound Highway 101 in Summerland Tuesday morning. Credit: Montecito Fire Protection District photo

Firefighters extinguished a small vegetation fire that sparked near the southbound Highway 101 in Summerland Tuesday morning.

Emergency crews first responded at 6 a.m. for a report of a vegetation fire.

They found a 50-by-50-foot spot fire near the train tracks and crews quickly extinguished it, according to the Montecito Fire Department.

Smoke was visible from nearby beaches and elsewhere in the community.

Additional information was not immediately available.

Smoke from the small Summerland vegetation fire was visible from a nearby beach early Tuesday morning. Credit: Courtesy Mark Dewey

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