California’s largest wildfire of 2025 is growing rapidly, prompting urgent evacuations as fire-fueling heat grips the region.

The wildfire is nearing 100,000 acres burned, though containment is increasing slowly. Here’s the latest update.

The new orders were for an area near the west edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California's Central Coast, becoming the state's largest wildfire of ...

Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive ...

New evacuations have been ordered in Central California as the massive Gifford Fire nears 100,000 acres burned.

SISQUOC, Calif. - The Gifford Fire has become the largest fire and most challenging firefight in California so far in 2025, ...

Columns of smoke can be seen billowing up from the Gifford Fire in California on Tuesday. FBI forces out more leaders, ...

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

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

As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...

More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.