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Gifford Fire burns 83,000 acres, accompanied by 2 other wildfires in California
Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, California -- has burned 83,933 acres and has only reached 9% containment, prompting evacuation orders for those in the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.
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 ...
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District warned that smoke would impact air quality in SLO County on ...
More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the ...
Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, resulting in sooty air quality and possible ash falling ...
Bay Area fire agencies have joined the fight to contain California's largest wildfire of the year, burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
The Gifford fire exploded overnight in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, Cal Fire said: As of Monday, it had burned ...
At least three people have been injured and hundreds of homes and businesses are at risk in California as a massive wildfire spreads across the Los Padres National Forest. Follow Newsweek's live blog ...
Evacuations have been ordered in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties near the Los Padres National Forest.
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