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Huge Warehouse Fire On Central Coast

(Santa Maria Police Department Photo)
Warehouse fire in Santa Maria sends up smoke visible for miles

Firefighters are battling a big fire at a warehouse on the Central Coast.

The fire was reported just before 4 Monday afternoon on the 1200 block of West Stowell Road, in Santa Maria.

Thick black smoke from the blaze was visible for miles. The building apparently contained wood pallets and cardboard. Santa Maria firefighters have worked to keep the fire from spreading to other buildings.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.