News
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, which last month burned 80,779 acres in the Carrizo Plain area. Evacuation orders for Gifford covered almost 600 square miles, and Highway 166 was closed between Highway 101 and New Cuyama.
It’s a little too close for comfort,” one South County rancher said as she watched the giant smoke plume from the fire.
A new wildfire was reported today at 9:41 a.m. in San Luis Obispo County, California. Margarita Fire has been burning on ...
5h
California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.
The wildfire is nearing 100,000 acres burned, though containment is increasing slowly. Here's the latest update.
New evacuations have been ordered in Central California as the massive Gifford Fire nears 100,000 acres burned.
Fire crews are responding to a 10-acre vegetation fire in the 16,000 block of Midway Road, west of the Carrizo Plain ...
The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.
Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, causing sooty air quality and possible ash exposure starting Wednesday, Aug. 6, according to a news release from the San Luis Obispo ...
Gifford fire in Southern California spreads to over 30,500 acres, prompting evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback