CAL FIRE wrote on X on Friday: "California is under a heat wave, bringing hot, dry, and windy conditions, making wildfires ...

Multiple wildfires continue to burn across California, with some still at zero containment and posing growing threats.

Gifford fire in Southern California spreads to over 30,500 acres, prompting evacuations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned more than 72,000 acres.

A week after it started — and three days after it became California’s biggest wildfire of the year — the Gifford Fire was mapped Friday at more than 100,000 acres. Related Articles Map ...

Update: Newer report on Gifford Fire includes details of expanded evacuation zone California’s Gifford Fire grew by 10,000 acres overnight to become the state’s biggest wildfire of the year.

The Gifford fire in central California has burned more than 100,000 acres as of Friday, becoming the state's largest blaze of the year so far.