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One-way reversing traffic control remains for 2.2-mile section – Highway 166 will reopen at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 13. Large ...
Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California.
The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the ...
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Gifford Fire's ominous smoke plume visible in SLO

The Gifford Fire sent up a big plume of smoke on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked ...
With the Gifford fire burning largely to the north in San Luis Obispo County Wednesday, Caltrans reopened Highway 166 ...
The Madre and Gifford fires have to date scorched more than 200,000 acres on the Central Coast. Why was the area so susceptible?
The Gifford Fire, which started on Aug. 1 and has become the biggest wildfire in California so far this year, is burning in the Las Padres National Forest. As of Wednesday morning, it has burned ...
After four days battling the Rosa Fire, Calexico Fire Department crews and the Imperial County Task Force have been ...
Firefighters were preparing for a “strategic firing operation” Tuesday that could help the battle against the main part of ...
Firefighters battling the Gifford Fire may be approaching a turning point, as officials express cautious optimism amid ...
A wildfire that broke out in multiple locations has burned over 119,214 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...
New evacuation orders are in effect in San Luis Obispo County in the area of Pozo Road, Santa Margarita Lake, Parkhill Road ...