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The Gifford Fire is massive — but it’s not the largest blaze the Central Coast has ever seen. After burning for 15 days, the ...
Santa Margarita residents have played host to a fire camp of thousands of fire crew personnel responding to the Gifford Fire.
The El Centro Fire Department (ECFD) says 16 firefighters returned home Sunday after assisting with battling the Gold Fire in ...
I’m hopeful,” a Morro Bay resident said. “We could have snuffed them all out, but, you know, I just don’t believe it.” ...
The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the wildfire away from major population centers in San Luis Obispo County.
As cooler, wetter weather helps southern and central California fire crews contain a handful of blazes burning in the region, ...
A map shared by the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services on X showed that evacuation orders and warnings were ...
Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 131,589 acres after being active for 16 days. A crew of 3,047 firefighters has been ...
SANTA MARIA, California (KOLO) - Four members of Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue are in California to fight the Gifford Fire.
The Gifford Fire, which started on Aug. 1 and has become the biggest wildfire in California so far this year, is burning in ...
As the largest and most challenging wildfire in California so far in 2025 moves further northward and fire crews are ...