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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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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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 fire sparked in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo County and was growing exponentially, officials warned.