Neverland Ranch, the former home of pop sensation Michael Jackson, was threatened this week as the Lake fire continued to burn in Santa Barbara County.
Tucked into a hillside in the Santa Ynez Valley, surrounded by rolling grasslands and wineries, Neverland Ranch has been for years one of the Central Coast's most notorious properties. The story of the sprawling former estate of pop singer Michael Jackson took a new turn this week when Neverland Ranch stood in the direct path of a wildfire that's burned 34,000 acres in Santa Barbara County. The blaze known as the Lake fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m.
'It's quite abnormal for that area,' said Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, adding that daytime temperatures have been at least 10 degrees above normal. A remote automated weather station roughly six miles from Neverland Ranch recorded temperatures on Sunday and Monday in the low 90s.
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