The Santa Barbara County Fire Department said the strange natural phenomenon has periodically flared up since the 1800s ...

What appeared to be a mini-volcano erupted with fire and smoke along Santa Barbara's coast Thursday. But experts say there ...

Photos shared Thursday showed fire and black smoke coming from the ground.

Experts say underground chemical reactions sparked Thursday's blaze along the beachside cliffs at Hope Ranch, a rare ...

Fire crews responded to a Hope Ranch “volcano” near Santa Barbara, California, as smoke and fire emerged from a coastal bluff ...

Santa Barbara County fire crews responded Thursday to smoking cliffs in Hope Ranch, where a long-known geological quirk can ...

Large plumes of smoke and a small brush fire were part of a response by fire crews on the seaside cliffs in the Hope ...

Fire crews are on scene at the Hope Ranch hillside Thursday after the Santa Barbara County Fire Department reported a ...

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Firefighters responded to Hope Ranch on Thursday after the area's "volcano" caused a fire in an underground PVC drainage pipe ...