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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.
The new orders were for an area near the north edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...
Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, resulting in sooty air quality and possible ash falling ...
Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...
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.
The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.
The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...
Good morning, Central Coast. It’s Wednesday, August 6th. Here are the top stories we’re following for you this morning on ...
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