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Map: Gifford Fire closing in on wildfire season’s top spot
At the end of Sunday, Aug. 3, the wildfire was mapped at 65,061 acres (101 square miles) — an increase of more than 25,000 ...
Madre Fire map: Evacuations for California’s largest wildfire of 2025
The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.
New evacuation warnings issued in SLO County as Gifford Fire grows to 72,000 acres
Forest Service firefighters return to the highway ater working on hot spots in the Cuyama River. The Gifford Fire burned an ...
California is on pace for its worst wildfire year in recent memory, and SoCal is mostly to blame
The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...
Winds Fuel ‘Erratic’ California Gifford Fire Causing Evacuations
In about three days, the Gifford Fire, burning in California’s Los Padres National Forest, has become the second-largest ...
Smoke from Gifford Fire is visible from space. See the video
Satellite imagery showed plumes of smoke from California’s largest active wildfire heading south from San Luis Obispo County.
California's Gifford Fire surges to nearly 40,000 acres closing highway, evacuation orders expanded
A nearly 40,000-acre wildfire forced people from their homes in two Southern California counties over the weekend as ...
Map: Gifford Fire explodes to California’s 2nd-biggest of the year
On Saturday afternoon, Gifford was estimated at 30,519 acres (47 square miles), the California Department of Forestry and ...