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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fire crews responded to a Central Coast beach on Thursday for a somewhat unusual geological event: a mini “volcano.” ...

Jul. 29—A small fire was ignited Wednesday after the Hope Ranch "volcano" erupted along the hillside of a beach near Santa Barbara. The fire was reported shortly after 11 a.m. at Hope Ranch, an ...

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