The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the ...

With fire crews bracing for hotter, dryer weather, the evacuation zone was expanded for California’s biggest fire of the ...

Upcoming hotter temperatures could impact the Gifford Fire, officials noted. Meanwhile, containment grew for the Rosa Fire.

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

Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, resulting in sooty air quality and possible ash falling ...

A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...

The Gifford Fire, which has burned over 83,000 acres since it began on Friday, is now accompanied by two other wildfires in Central California.

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

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family ...

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...

Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned ...

A wildfire in Southern California has burned over 72,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.