A firefighter sprays water on a vegetation fire burning near More Mesa in the Santa Barbara area on Friday. The blaze charred 5-7 acres. 
A helicopter makes a water drop Friday on a vegetation fire burning near More Mesa in the Santa Barbara area. As of 12:15 p.m., the blaze had charred 5-7 acres. 
A hand crew heads into burning on a vegetation fire burning near More Mesa in the Santa Barbara area. 
A blaze that broke out Friday near More Mesa charred 10-15 acres of mostly grassland. 
A firefighter sprays water on a vegetation fire burning near More Mesa in the Santa Barbara area on Friday.
A vegetation fire was reported near More Mesa in the Santa Barbara area on Friday.
Santa Barbara County firefighters were dispatched shortly before 11 a.m. to Mockingbird Lane and Calle Las Brisas.
At about 11:40 a.m., an evacuation warning was issued for residences along Vieja Drive, according to emergency radio traffic.
The warning was dropped about an hour later.
The first units on scene reported multiple fires in the area, which is near a number of residences, according to radio traffic.
The blaze, which was burning in light grass, had blackened 5-7 acres as of 12:15 p.m., according to fire Capt. Daniel Bertucelli.
“Ground and air crews are making good progress, and fire activity has diminished significantly,” he said.
Shortly before 1 p.m., Bertucelli reported that the forward progress of the flames had been stopped.
Additional wildfire brush trucks, a hand crew, and a water-dropping helicopter responded to the scene, and an investigator was requested as well.
Assistance on the incident also was requested from the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.
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