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Update: Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County – containment reaches 15%
Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 99,232 ...
Map: Gifford Fire evacuation zone grows as wildfire nears 100,000 acres
The new orders were for an area near the west edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
San Francisco sends aid to massive Central California wildfire
A massive wildfire continued to burn in Central California, forcing evacuations and threatening hundreds of homes.
Gifford Fire is scorching SLO County. Here's how to prepare for wildfires
The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring ...
California's Gifford Fire Nears ‘Megafire’ Status As Crews Battle Dangerous Heat, Expanding Flames
California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.
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'Fire spread rapidly.' Gifford Fire grows to nearly 100K acres; evacuation orders, warnings in place
New evacuation orders and warnings have been issued for the Huasna Valley and Lopez Lake areas due to the Gifford Fire.
The Raging Gifford Fire, Like Many, Began Near a Highway
The wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest grew to 82,000 acres on Tuesday. Officials are still trying to determine the ...
As Gifford Fire nears, SLO County ranchers watch and wait. ‘A crazy, crazy ride’
It’s a little too close for comfort,” one South County rancher said as she watched the giant smoke plume from the fire.