SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A wildfire at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, Calif. has forced the delay of a satellite launch, officials said Sunday night.
The wildfire started and spread swiftly in a remote canyon at the south end of the military base on Saturday and has now burned 1,200 acres said Wayne Seda, the assistant chief of the Vandenberg Fire Department.