MONTECITO, Calif. – Monday marked 15 years since one of Santa Barbara's most destructive wildfires, the Montecito Tea Fire. On the night of November 13, 2008, the Tea Fire burned 1,940 acres and destroyed 210 homes within hours. The fire originated at the Montecito Tea Gardens, also known as Mar Y Cel (meaning Sea and Sky), a historic property spanning approximately 331 acres of Montecito mountainside. Fueled by high winds and warm weather, hundreds of families had mere minutes to evacuate. "We were sitting down to dinner and all the phones started ringing, but I told everyone to not answer and just eat dinner," said Pete Dallow, a Santa Barbara resident. "Then our cell phones
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