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The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 96,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...
Santa Barbara County rolled out a new emergency mapping software this week, coinciding with the massive Gifford Fire. The ...
The Gifford Fire in Southern California has burned over 82,000 acres and prompted evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Mandatory evacuations are in place for specific zones in ...
Fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service put Gifford at 49,761 acres (77 square miles), with 3% containment. Three people ...
Gifford fire in Southern California spreads to over 30,500 acres, prompting evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...
Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, ...
Parts of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties are being affected by the fire, and all other evacuation orders and road ...
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (KABC) -- Firefighters are trying to gain control of the Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara and San Luis ...
Last year at the start of August, the two fires that would become California’s biggest of 2024 had been burning for a little ...
The map above shows the approximate fire perimeter as a black line and the evacuation zones in red. For more evacuation details and latest updates, see Santa Barbara County’s emergency map.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – Caltrans will begin work to modify the intersection of Highway 1/Santa Lucia Canyon Road which will ...
Fire personnel from the Sacramento area are being deployed to Santa Barbara County to help with the response to a rapidly ...