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

The Gifford Fire is threatening more than 870 remote homes at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest. The wildfire, ...

More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the ...

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

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.

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

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

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

Crews working in steep, inaccessible terrain will be dealing with temperatures in the mid-90s (35 Celsius) on Wednesday and above 100 (38 Celsius) on Thursday ...