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A massive wildfire continued to burn in Central California, forcing evacuations and threatening hundreds of homes.

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 99,232 ...

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Fire officials describe the fire as unpredictable because the topography in mountainous areas causes wind gusts to move erratically.

The Gifford Fire, burning in rural San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, continued to grow Thursday morning, charring ...

While Gifford Fire flames have shifted north, residents in the Cuyama Valley are now dealing with damaged property, power outages and a closed highway, ...

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California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 96,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

SISQUOC, Calif. - The Gifford Fire has become the largest fire and most challenging firefight in California so far in 2025, ...

New evacuations have been ordered in Central California as the massive Gifford Fire nears 100,000 acres burned.