The Gifford fire in central California has burned more than 100,000 acres as of Friday, becoming the state's largest blaze of ...

California’s largest wildfire of 2025 has exploded in size, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the ...

The fire is burning with dry and hot conditions, as temperatures climb above 100 degrees in mountainous terrain on the Central Coast.

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 104,402 acres after being active for eight days. A fire crew of 3,685 has been ...

As of Friday, the Gifford Fire has burned a destructive path through San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties for just ...

The press release below, in English and Spanish, from Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution sites as the largest ...

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...

Gifford Fire officials held a community meeting in Sisquoc at Santa Barbara County Fire Station 23 on Thursday night. They ...

Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, ...

As the Gifford Fire stretches into a second week, the most intense portion of the massive blaze is taking place in South San Luis Obispo County, near the rural community of Huasna.

That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.

Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, according to fire and transit officials.