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Gifford Fire burns 83,000 acres, accompanied by 2 other wildfires in California
Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, California -- has burned 83,933 acres and has only reached 9% containment, prompting evacuation orders for those in the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.
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.
Upcoming hotter temperatures could impact the Gifford Fire, officials noted. Meanwhile, containment grew for the Rosa Fire.
The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.
The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...
It has surpassed the state's then-largest fire, the Madre Fire, which scorched about 81,000 acres in the same region last ...
Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. Since its discovery ...
At least three people have been injured and hundreds of homes and businesses are at risk in California as a massive wildfire spreads across the Los Padres National Forest. Follow Newsweek's live blog ...
Evacuations have been ordered in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties near the Los Padres National Forest.
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