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New evacuations have been ordered in Central California as the massive Gifford Fire nears 100,000 acres burned.
California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.
The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California's Central Coast, becoming the state's largest wildfire of ...
The new orders were for an area near the west edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...
It’s already California’s biggest wildfire of the year, but the Gifford Fire continues to grow and is nearing megafire status ...
A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...
A time-lapse video shows the wildfire approaching Plowshare Peak, California, on Friday, Aug. 1, into Saturday, Aug. 2.
Amid a worsening climate crisis, the fires in California have reached catastrophic levels as the Gifford Fire rips through ...
The fire at Hasley Canyon, Ventura County began at around 1.30pm on Thursday, spreading to an area of 2.3 square miles in ...
As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...