The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

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YOLO COUNTY – A warehouse storing fireworks exploded Tuesday evening in Yolo County, sparking a vegetation fire and ...

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...

The quick-moving Madre Fire northeast of Santa Maria burned 52,500 acres as of Thursday afternoon and was expected to keep ...

Firefighters are responding to a fast-moving wildfire called the Madre Fire, which has now burned 35,530 acres in rural ...

With smoke from the growing fire off State Route 166 blowing into Santa Barbara County, an air quality watch was issued by ...

Wind, dry vegetation and steep terrain are challenging firefighters as they battle the state’s largest wildfire burning in ...

More than 200 residents in San Luis Obispo County have been asked to evacuate due to the Madre Fire. Learn how you can find ...

Madre Fire became California's largest blaze so far this year, ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County.

As of Thursday afternoon, evacuation orders appear to have been issued in three additional zones, according to a Cal Fire evacuation map: SLC-240, SLC-263 and SLC-298. This brings the total number of ...