• Authorities expected — and hoped — winds would die down Monday evening but crews fighting the White Fire were still seeing a lot of flare-ups all along canyon. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Flames from the 1,000-acre White Fire consume roadside vegetation Monday along Paradise Road in the upper Santa Ynez River area. (Ryan Cullom)
  • Residents of the Paradise Road area were stopped at Fremont Campground and barred from returning to their homes. A Red Cross shelter was opened for the displaced residents, which number between 50 and 75, authorities say. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Santa Barbara County’s sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team escorted 15 stranded campers out of the Santa Cruz trail camp Monday evening and stayed on alert for any other necessary rescues. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Helicopters battle the flames in the upper Santa Ynez Valley off of Paradise Road on Monday afternoon. High winds pushed the fire east, parallel to the Santa Ynez River. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Hand crews climbed the hills near the fire’s starting point, the White Rock day-use area, to dig in containment lines Monday afternoon as air support dumped water and flame retardant. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • The Santa Barbara Airport, about an hour after the fire started. (Melissa Marsted via iPhone)
  • The pillar of smoke, from Upper Hot Springs Road in Montecito. (Bill Macfadyen / Noozhawk via iPhone)
  • An ominous smoke cloud grows in the distance from Girsh Park in Goleta. (Robert Bernstein)
  • Smoke obscures the late-afternoon sun from Riven Rock Road in Montecito. Ash from the White Fire was falling on Montecito, although the fire was several miles away. (Bill Macfadyen / Noozhawk via iPhone)
  • East Beach on Sunday afternoon. (Mike Traphagen)
  • Riven Rock Road in Montecito. (Bill Macfadyen / Noozhawk via iPhone)
  • The Mesa, about 5:45 p.m. Monday, (Chris Donahue / Noozhawk)
  • A smoky cloud formation over western Goleta. (Robert Bernstein)
  • Sundowner winds produced huge flames in the White Fire on Monday evening. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • A firefighting helicopter refills at the Santa Ynez River while battling the 1,000-acre White Fire along Paradise Road in the Upper Santa Ynez Recreation Area. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Valerie Walston of the Santa Barbara County sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team and Dave Ralston of the American Red Cross-Santa Barbara County Chapter confer Monday evening as the White Fire flares up. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Paradise Road residents chat with a California Highway Patrol officer at a checkpoint near the White Fire. (Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk)
  • Fire cloud formations. (Will Macfadyen / Noozhawk via iPhone)

Bill Macfadyen is Noozhawk’s founder and publisher. Contact him at wmacfadyen@noozhawk.com, and follow him on Instagram: @bill.macfadyen. The opinions expressed are his own.