A residential structure fire in western Goleta Friday night displaced five young adults, including three aspiring chefs from Ecuador who say they lost everything in the blaze.
Santa Barbara County firefighters were dispatched just before 9 p.m. to a home on Saint George Place, where they found flames and smoke pouring from the single-family residence. According to the Santa Barbara County Fire department, the fire was isolated to two rooms within the house and was extinguished at 9:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported, and The American Red Cross was called to assist the displaced residents.
Three of the five residents — Said Coba, Jorge Jaramillo, and Johann Jadán — have since launched a GoFundMe campaign, saying the fire destroyed their personal documents, clothing, tools, and everything they had brought to Santa Barbara from Ecuador in pursuit of culinary careers…