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Gifford Fire grows to nearly 84,000 acres. See maps, latest info.
The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the state has seen this year. The fire has consumed 83,933 acres and is 9% contained, according to a Cal Fire update, which comes as Southern Californians also face the Rosa and Gold fires
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.
A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...
Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...
The Gifford Fire in the Los Padres National Forest has been 7% contained as officials battled new starts near Big Bear Lake and Ribbonwood.
A time-lapse video shows the wildfire approaching Plowshare Peak, California, on Friday, Aug. 1, into Saturday, Aug. 2.
The Gifford Fire has now burned over 72,000 acres across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in California.
A wildfire that ignited Friday in Southern California has exploded to tens of thousands of acres as nearly 2,000 firefighters ...
The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...
The Gifford fire quickly exploded to more than 65,000 acres in size, with experts warning of elevated fire weather conditions ...
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