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

The Madre fire surpassed 35,000 burned acres on Thursday, marking the biggest blaze in California this year.

In 2024, only one wildfire was bigger than Madre’s current size — Park, which started on July 24 and became the second-largest single fire in California history.

California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by the Fourth.

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The Madre Fire in San Luis Obispo County grew to 52,500 acres entering the Fourth of July weekend. See where California wildfires are burning.

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VIIRS/MODIS satellite hotspot data is updated daily in the morning with the red dots indicating which direction the fire is moving. The color of the dots shows how recent the data is (red is today ...

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