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Gifford Fire reaches 132,000 acres as fire crews increase containment. See latest

Crews battled the largest fire in California through the night, increasing containment of the Gifford Fire to 45% by Thursday ...

Update: Containment progress – Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County at 41%

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 130,440 acres after being active for 12 days. A fire crew of 4,979 has been working ...

Map: Gifford Fire grows 10,000 acres overnight to become California’s biggest wildfire of 2025

Gifford started along Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, adjacent to the footprint of the year’s previous biggest fire: Madre, ...

‘This land’s meant to burn’: SLO County town is now front line of Gifford Fire fight

Santa Margarita residents have played host to a fire camp of thousands of fire crew personnel responding to the Gifford Fire.

King Fire: Firefighters battle wildfire burning along I-5 north of Los Angeles

Firefighters scrambled to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los Angeles County, officials said.

TMFR crews head to California to battle the Gifford Fire

SANTA MARIA, California (KOLO) - Four members of Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue are in California to fight the Gifford Fire.

Gifford Fire approaches 130,000 acres as crews ignite strategic burns in SLO County

The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the ...