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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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Massive central California wildfire keeps growing
Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive ...
Gifford Fire: Massive blaze in central California threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured
The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...
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Gifford Fire Command Focuses on Northern Containment Lines, Structure Defense
Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...
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Gifford Fire Becomes CA's Largest Wildfire in 2025
As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...
Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara County burns more than 60,000 acres, forces evacuations
The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...
Map: Gifford Fire evacuation zone expanded as hot, dry weather is forecast
The new orders were for an area near the north edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
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 ...
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Inferno in California: Gifford Fire Continues Unchecked
A massive wildfire known as the Gifford Fire threatens hundreds of homes in central California. It has burned over 100 square ...