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Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state’s largest blaze of the year

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental ...

As Eaton blaze burned in January, officials were just as confused as residents by erroneous California wildfire alerts, emails show

Newly released emails in the aftermath of January's wildfires show how many California residents were confused about which ...

Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...

Largest California wildfire of 2025 could explode with dry and hot weather

The Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now the largest California wildfire of the year with over ...

California is on pace for its worst wildfire year in recent memory, and SoCal is mostly to blame

The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...

California wildfire explodes to over 65,000 acres, shuts down highway

A wildfire that started Friday exploded over the weekend in Central California, burning over 65,000 acres, according to Cal ...

Massive wildfire in central California threatens homes, injures 3 people as it burns out of control

Hundreds of remote homes are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...

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, ...

CNN10 Gifford Fire becomes largest California wildfire this year

Coy teams up with CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam to unpack the chaos behind California’s wildfires. Then, a look back at a ...

Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured ...

Gifford Fire: Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state's largest blaze of the year

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.