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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, ...
Gifford Fire in California grows to more than 72K acres as firefighters battle blaze
Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned ...
‘Extreme’ California wildfire rages in hot weather — with only 21% of the inferno contained, threatening thousands
The Gifford Fire is burning through thousands of acres becoming California's largest blaze of the year and threatening ...
Gifford Fire is now biggest CA wildfire of 2025. See how it compares to other blazes
A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...
New evacuations ordered as California wildfire nears 100,000 acres
New evacuations have been ordered in Central California as the massive Gifford Fire nears 100,000 acres burned.
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Madre Fire in California explodes to more than 70,000 acres
The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo County, according to Cal Fire. It has since grown to 70,800 acres in less than 72 hours and is 10% contained as of Friday evening ...
Map: Gifford Fire burns past 100,000 acres; more dry, windy weather forecast
The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...
California’s fire season is starting off worse than normal, and SoCal fires are almost entirely to blame
The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...