With fire crews bracing for hotter, dryer weather, the evacuation zone was expanded for California’s biggest fire of the ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

Gifford fire in California reaches 81,000 acres with limited containment ...

Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, resulting in sooty air quality and possible ash falling ...

Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, ...

The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the ...

A widespread and prolonged heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California over the next few days, as ...

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...