Incident commanders hope an influx of personnel, aircraft and other firefighting tools will boost efforts to corral the ...

The Gifford Fire has reached "mega fire" status at over 119,000 acres burned and has become California's largest fire this ...

California’s Gifford Fire has scorched more than 82,000 acres, injuring at least three people and forcing evacuations in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Firefighters battling the Gifford Fire will continue backfiring operations on Wednesday in the Garcia Wilderness in an ...

SANTA MARIA, California (KOLO) - Four members of Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue are in California to fight the Gifford Fire.

With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...

With crews closing in on full containment of the Gifford Fire, firefighting operations that have been ongoing around the ...

Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, ...

The Gifford Fire rages to more than 82,000 acres of destruction. The photos from the frontlines show how intense the California wildfire has become.

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of Santa Maria. It quickly ballooned to more than 23,000 acres within 24 hours ...

The Gifford Fire scorched more than 113 square miles of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with 3% containment, according to a U.S. Forest Service.

Gifford started along Highway 166 east of Santa Maria, adjacent to the footprint of the year’s previous biggest fire: Madre, ...