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Map: Gifford Fire grows 10,000 acres overnight to become California’s biggest wildfire of 2025

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

CA’s 2 largest wildfires this year broke out in same part of SLO County. Why?

The Madre and Gifford fires have to date scorched more than 200,000 acres on the Central Coast. Why was the area so susceptible?
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Public Safety Power Shutoffs Possible for Parts of Santa Barbara

Southern California Edison warned of potential public safety power shutoffs Monday that could affect about 550 customers in ...

Gifford Fire: Massive blaze in central California threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured

The Gifford Fire scorched more than 113 square miles of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with 3% ...
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Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution locations across Santa Barbara County as area fires continue to send up plumes of smoke and ash

The press release below, in English and Spanish, from Direct Relief details free N95 mask distribution sites as the largest ...