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Gifford Fire in Central California nears 50,000 acres

The Associated Press on MSN · 12h

Gifford Fire: Massive blaze in central California threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a city of about 110,000 people in Santa Barbara County

The Press Democrat · 22h

Crews struggle to contain massive Central California wildfire that's injured 3 people

Hundreds of remote homes are threatened by a massive wildfire churning through Los Padres National Forest in Central California.

San Francisco Chronicle on MSN · 1d

California wildfires: Gifford Fire reaches 65,000 acres, threatening hundreds of structures

Three people were injured as a result of the Gifford Fire, a 65,000-acre blaze burning in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

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New York Daily News · 6h

California’s Gifford Fire grows to 82K acres, forcing evacuations in 2 counties

California’s Gifford Fire has scorched more than 82,000 acres, injuring at least three people and forcing evacuations in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

The Mercury News · 1d

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.

NBC Los Angeles on MSN · 12h

Map: See where California wildfires are burning

A brush fire broke out Monday morning in the Big Bear area and expanded to more than 300 acres hours later at the start of a warm week in Southern California. The Gold Fire in San Bernardino National Forest was estimated at about 350 acres late Monday afternoon with no containment.

Gifford Fire is now the largest in California this year. It's just 9% contained

On Tuesday afternoon, it surpassed the state's then-largest fire, the Madre Fire, which scorched about 81,000 acres in the ...

11hon MSN

Wildfire causing poor air quality amid rising temperatures in Southern California

A large wildfire in the Central Coast region is causing poor air quality in SoCal as temperatures heat up. The Gifford Fire, ...

1don MSN

California is on pace for its worst wildfire year in recent memory, and SoCal is mostly to blame

The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...

Gifford fire pushes south through wilderness, fire lines failing

As the Gifford Fire continues to spread, firefighters are facing some of the most difficult conditions on California’s ...

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