ang="EN-US">Several destructive fires affected Santa
Barbara during this time: the 1964 Coyote Fire, which burned 67,000 acres
(270 km) of back country along with 106 homes; the smaller, but quickly
moving, Sycamore Fire in 1977, which burned 200 homes; the disastrous 1990
Painted Cave Fire, which incinerated over 500 homes in only several hours,
during an intense Sun downer wind event; the November 2008 Tea Fire, which
destroyed 210 homes in the foothills of Santa Barbara and Montecito; and the
2009 Jesusita Fire that burned 8,733 acres (35.34 km) and destroyed 160
homes above the San Roque region of Santa Barbara
