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Gifford Fire: Massive wildfire in central California threatens homes, injures 3 people as it burns out of control

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...

Gifford Fire is now biggest CA wildfire of 2025. See how it compares to other blazes

A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Rosa fire burns 1,200 acres in Riverside County, prompting evacuation orders

A vegetation fire ignited in the Santa Rosa Mountains in Riverside County on Monday afternoon, burning 1,200 acres by ...

Firefighters work to contain multiple blazes that merged to burn through nearly 40,000 acres: 'The risk of compound events is increasing'

Wildfires are a form of extreme weather, one exacerbated by record-shattering heat and warmer seas. Hurricanes, floods, ...

California Fire Map, Update As Evacuation Orders Issued for Gifford Blaze

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center in New Cuyama, Cal Fire said. The agency also reported that ...

Massive clouds of smoke blanket parts of California as Gifford fire grows

The cause of the fire, which is threatening more than 800 structures and is only 7% contained, is still under investigation.
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Hundreds of structures at risk by wildfire in Central California

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of structures are threatened by a fast-moving wildfire that has scorched over 82,000 acres (about 332 square km) in less than five days in Central California, ...