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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, ...
Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state’s largest blaze of the year
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...
Gifford Fire Updates: Wildfire becomes state's largest blaze of the year
More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the ...
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As fires rage again, experts warn California may be in worst wildfire season in years: 'Becoming more susceptible to ignitions'
Our atmosphere's heat-trapping gases are like steroids for weather, supercharging wildfires and other severe events. Last ...
Map: Gifford Fire evacuation zone grows as wildfire surpasses 100,000 acres
The new orders were for an area near the west edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured
More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured ...
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Fast-Burning Wildfire Explodes to More than 30,000 Acres East of Santa Maria
The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ...
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 ...
Massive wildfire in central California threatens homes, injures 3 people as it burns out of control
Hundreds of remote homes are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...
A wildfire continues to burn through the mountains north of LA, with thousands under evacuation orders
A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles is tearing through thousands of acres and forcing evacuations after igniting ...
Wildfire causing poor air quality amid rising temperatures in Southern California
A large wildfire in the Central Coast region is causing poor air quality in SoCal as temperatures heat up. The Gifford Fire, ...
California wildfire expands to 5,000 acres, destroys homes
Canyon Fire grows to nearly 5,000 acres in SoCal, forcing evacuations and emergency response amid extreme heat. This live ...