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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

The Gifford Fire continued to burn in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties on Monday, chewing through thousands ...

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 ...

Gifford Fire explodes in size, now largest in the state

The Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties has grown to more than 65,000 acres, currently the largest ...

California’s fire season is starting off worse than normal, and SoCal fires are almost entirely to blame

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

Video shows time-lapse of Gifford wildfire in California

A time-lapse video shows the wildfire approaching Plowshare Peak, California, on Friday, Aug. 1, into Saturday, Aug. 2. Destruction in the area began when Los Padres National Forest firefighters ...

Gifford fire updates: 3 injured, 450 homes at risk as blaze engulfs 100 sqm

At least three people have been injured and hundreds of homes and businesses are at risk in California as a massive wildfire ...