The fire has scorched at least 131 square miles of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with just 9% containment.

A wildfire in Southern California has burned over 72,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...

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A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the ...

Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, ...

The nuclear power plant has reduced output from one of its units due its transmission lines’ proximity to the fire.

The blaze injured three people, put hundreds under evacuation orders and threatened 460 structures, officials said.

The Gifford fire, which has been fueled by dry conditions and warm weather, has spread to two counties, officials said.

It took less than two hours for the bridge to completely collapse, according to a farmer in nearby Blythe, California.

New evacuations have been ordered in Central California as the massive Gifford Fire nears 100,000 acres burned.

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