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

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

Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in ...

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

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

The largest wildfire in California continued to burn in southeastern San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday morning - scorching ...

The fire is just 9% contained and has prompted evacuation orders for those living in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

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

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

The Gifford Fire in the Los Padres National Forest has been 7% contained as officials battled new starts near Big Bear Lake and Ribbonwood.

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.

It has surpassed the state's then-largest fire, the Madre Fire, which scorched about 81,000 acres in the same region last ...