Wildfire Chases Employees from the Station

The staff at KEYT (Santa Barbara, California) had to evacuate the station as a wildfire was right outside the station’s door on TV Hill.

Morning Anchor Alys Martinez posted video of the fire just feet from the station.

This is video of the #LomaFire in Santa Barbara burning right up to our KEYT and KCOY studios. Our @HennesseeTV got this video of the flames burning close to our back door. pic.twitter.com/fetRo0CpkF

— Alys Martinez (@AlysMartinezTV) May 21, 2021

The station tweeted that staff had left the building.