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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.
As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...
A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...
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Watch: California's Gifford Fire races up hillside toward camera as blaze explodes in sizeA fast-moving wildfire exploded in size late Friday in Southern California, triggering evacuations across two counties and ...
The Gifford Fire burning in a remote area of southeast San Luis Obispo County grew significantly over the weekend, triggering ...
The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.
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