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Map: Gifford Fire closing in on wildfire season’s top spot
At the end of Sunday, Aug. 3, the wildfire was mapped at 65,061 acres (101 square miles) — an increase of more than 25,000 ...
New evacuation warnings issued in SLO County as Gifford Fire grows to 72,000 acres
The Gifford Fire continued to burn in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties on Monday, chewing through thousands ...
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Map: Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara counties
VIIRS/MODIS satellite hotspot data is updated daily in the morning with the red dots indicating which direction the fire is ...
Gifford Fire grows to over 65,000 acres on California’s Central Coast
The Gifford Fire continued to burn Monday in California’s Central Coast region, prompting expanded evacuation orders and road ...
Gifford Fire in California grows to more than 65,000 acres as firefighters battle blaze
More than 1,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in California that has already burned more than 65,000 acres.
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Crews struggle to contain massive California wildfire that's injured 3 people
Hundreds of remote homes are threatened by a massive wildfire churning through Los Padres National Forest in Central ...
Smoke from Gifford Fire is visible from space. See the video
Satellite imagery showed plumes of smoke from California’s largest active wildfire heading south from San Luis Obispo County.
Map: Gifford Fire in Central California nears 50,000 acres
Fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service put Gifford at 49,761 acres (77 square miles), with 3% containment. Three people ...
California’s fire season is starting off worse than normal, and SoCal fires are almost entirely to blame
The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...
Video shows time-lapse of Gifford wildfire in California
A time-lapse video shows the wildfire approaching Plowshare Peak, California, on Friday, Aug. 1, into Saturday, Aug. 2.