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Map: Gifford Fire closing in on wildfire season’s top spot

At the end of Sunday, Aug. 3, the wildfire was mapped at 65,061 acres (101 square miles) — an increase of more than 25,000 ...

New evacuation warnings issued in SLO County as Gifford Fire grows to 72,000 acres

Forest Service firefighters return to the highway ater working on hot spots in the Cuyama River. The Gifford Fire burned an ...

Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara County burns more than 60,000 acres, forces evacuations

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...
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Map: Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara counties

VIIRS/MODIS satellite hotspot data is updated daily in the morning with the red dots indicating which direction the fire is ...

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

Hundreds of remote homes are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...

California's Gifford Fire burns more than 40,000 acres

Wildfires continue to rage on in the West as firefighters battle California's Gifford Fire, which has already burned more ...

Smoke from Gifford Fire is visible from space. See the video

Satellite imagery showed plumes of smoke from California’s largest active wildfire heading south from San Luis Obispo County.