A helicopter picks up a load for the Gifford Fire. The large firefighting force assigned to the blaze started being released this weekend, with the number of personnel dropping from about 5,000 to ...

Crews bumped Gifford Fire containment to 97% this week and are preparing to move most personnel to the northern end of the burn scar. The wildfire started along Highway 166 on Aug. 1 and has burned ...

Containment of the Gifford Fire continued to increase overnight as the acreage of the fire remained the same, swinging the pendulum toward recovery. Staying at 131,589 acres, the Gifford Fire was 91% ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What started as a handful of spot fires along Highway 166 has grown into the largest wildfire in California this year. As of ...