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Gifford Fire becomes California’s largest of the year as wildfires burn across the West
The Gifford Fire in Central California has grown into the state’s largest wildfire of the year, burning over 82,000 acres with minimal containment. Crews are battling extreme fire conditions fueled by dry vegetation and high winds,
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.
The Gifford Fire, which has burned over 83,000 acres since it began on Friday, is now accompanied by two other wildfires in Central California.
Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...
A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...
Upcoming hotter temperatures could impact the Gifford Fire, officials noted. Meanwhile, containment grew for the Rosa Fire.
The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...
The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.
A fierce forest fire was raging in the US state of California on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes.
The Gifford fire that started fires is raging across a mountainous stretch across the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...
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