The Madre and Gifford fires have to date scorched more than 200,000 acres on the Central Coast. Why was the area so ...

The Gifford Fire grew by around 3,000 acres overnight as fire crews initiated strategic burns and worked to corral the wildfire away from major population centers in San Luis Obispo County.

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

On the north side of the Gifford Fire, flames are burning in the Garcia Wilderness, a 14,000-acre portion of the Los Padres ...

Firefighters were preparing for a “strategic firing operation” Tuesday that could help the battle against the main part of the blaze.