Sicela unikeze uhlu olunezinhlamvu lomlando wemililo yasendle eye yathinta indawo yaseSanta Barbara.
Context:Kusukela maphakathi nekhulu lamashumi amabili, imililo eminingi ebhubhisayo yathinta iSanta Barbara: iCoyote Fire yango-1964, eyashisa amahektare angama-67,000 (270 km2) wezwe elisemaphandleni kanye nezindlu eziyi-106; umlilo omncane, kodwa osheshayo, iSycamore Fire ngo-1977, owashisa izindlu ezingama-200; umlilo owonakele ka-1990 opendwe emhumeni, owashisa izindlu ezingaphezu kuka-500 ngamahora ambalwa kuphela, ngesikhathi somoya onamandla weSundowner; Umlilo Wetiye kaNovemba 2008, owabhubhisa izindlu ezingama-210 ezintabeni zaseSanta Barbara naseMontecito; kanye nomlilo kaJesuita ka-2009 owashisa amahektare angama-8,733 (35.34 km2) futhi wabhubhisa izindlu eziyi-160 ngaphezu kwesifunda saseSan Roque eSanta Barbara.  Umlilo kaThomas washisa kusukela lapho waqala khona eSanta Paula 60 miles (100 km) empumalanga yeSanta Barbara futhi wadla 281,893 acres (1,140.78 km2) eSanta Barbara naseVentura counties, iningi lazo elalinemihlaba yasemakhaya nezindawo zasendle. Umlilo waqala ngoDisemba 4, 2017, futhi wawungaphansi kwamaphesenti ayi-100 ngoJanuwari 12, 2018. Izakhiwo ezingu - 1 050 zalahleka eMlilweni kaThomas, ikakhulukazi empumalanga yeSanta Barbara eVentura County. Umlilo kaThomas ube umlilo omkhulu kunayo yonke eSanta Barbara County kuze kube manje.
- 1964 Umlilo weCoyote: Wabhubhisa izakhiwo ezingu-106 futhi washisa amahektare angu-67.000 - 1977 Umlilo waseSycamore: Wabhubhisa izakhiwo ezingu-200 - 1990 Umlilo Womhume Opendwe Ngemibala: Kucekelwe phansi izakhiwo ezingu-500 - 2008 Umlilo Wetiye: Kucekelwe phansi izakhiwo ezingu-210 - Umlilo kaJesuita ka-2009: Wabhubhisa izakhiwo ezingu-160 futhi washisa amahektare angu-8 733 - 2017 Thomas Fire: Kubhujiswe izakhiwo ezingu-1050 futhi kwashiswa amahektare angu-281,893