Wildfire menaces Santa Barbara hillside homes but rain on the way

Wind-driven flames raced down wooded hillsides toward Santa Barbara, California on Tuesday, sending around 5,500 residents fleeing as firefighters battled to save homes before expected relief from rain.The so-called Cave Fire started Monday afternoon in the tinder-dry Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Los Angeles.By midday Tuesday flames had torched nearly 7 square miles (18 sq km) of scrub and forest, powered by up to 45 mph (72 kph) winds,