A fire that broke out at the recycling and refuse transfer station in Los Olivos burned nearly three acres before Santa Barbara County firefighters were able to corral it Sunday afternoon.
According to county Fire Department spokesman Mike Eliason, the blaze was reported shortly before 2:30 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Valley Recycling & Transfer Station at 4004 Foxen Canyon Road, about a mile north of Highway 154.
He said the fire ignited in debris at the facility and spread to nearby vegetation, burning two to three acres before being contained.
No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported in the fire. The cause is under investigation.
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