SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A semi-truck hauling rocks caught fire on Highway 101, leaving the driver with minor burns Monday afternoon.
According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the semi-truck driver noticed smoke coming off the vehicle a few miles south of Buellton and pulled over to try and find out the origin.
Firefighters arrived to find the vehicle fully engulfed in flames and the fire also spread to nearby vegetation, burning a 60 foot by 60 foot area before being extinguished detailed the Santa Barbara County Fire Department…