The improvement in fire conditions comes after the agency reported that its backfiring operation was successful in stopping forward spread on the north side of the fire. The strategic firing was ...

: Containment on the Gifford Fire reaches 61% as of Friday morning, as fire crews continue backfiring operations.

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 132,605 acres after being active for 13 days. A crew of 4,946 firefighters has been ...

Firefighters scrambled to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los Angeles County, officials said.

Firefighters with air support scrambled to control a wind-driven wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along ...

San Luis Obispo County Animal Services is taking in animals that had to evacuate due to the Gifford Fire. So far, they have ...

A dramatically large and dark column of smoke dominated the sky Tuesday as the Gifford Fire continued to burn in San Luis ...

The last two weeks of 2025’s summer vacation on the Central Coast was overshadowed—literally in many places—by the Gifford ...

Firefighters are scrambling to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los ...

The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the ...

With the Gifford fire burning largely to the north in San Luis Obispo County Wednesday, Caltrans reopened Highway 166 at noon ...