Alisal Fire: Photos capture devastation as blaze threatens homes, former Reagan ranch
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By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Crews on Wednesday continued to battle Southern California’s Alisal Fire, which threatened more than 100 homes and President Ronald Reagan’s former ranch, Rancho del Cielo, according to The Associated Press.
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch An air tanker drops retardant on a wildfire Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch An air tanker drops retardant on a wildfire Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, photo provided by Santa Barbara County Fire, a smoke column builds in the distance behind former President Ronald Reagan's Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire via AP)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch A helicopter drops water on a wildfire Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch A firefighter watches as a wildfire burns Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch In this photo provided by Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the Alisal Fire continues to burn the dry vegetation in Refugio Canyon on Tuesday morning, Oct. 12, 2021, in Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire via AP)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a wildfire burns Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, near a ranch off Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire via AP)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch A firefighter watches as a wildfire burns Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch A firefighter watches as a wildfire burns Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, firefighters extinguish flames Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 12, 2021, that have spotted ahead of the fire front along Highway 101 southbound at Vista Point, north of Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, Calif. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch A wildfire burns near a home Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch An air tanker drops retardant on a wildfire burning near a home Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch A wildfire burns near a home Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Goleta, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Photos: Southern California's Alisal Fire threatens homes, former Reagan ranch In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a deer scurries near a recently burned area off Refugio Rd., in Goleta, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
Social media users, organizations and news outlets are sharing heartbreaking photos of the devastation with the hashtags #AlisalFire and #RanchoDelCielo. Here are some of those images: