With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...

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

More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the ...

The Gifford Fire in California has grown to nearly 84,000 acres as of Wednesday, Aug. 6, making it the largest blaze the state has seen this year. The fire has consumed 83,933 acres and is 9% ...

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...

As of Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Gifford Fire had scorched more than 82,000 acres, triggering evacuations and closing a key stretch ...

Upcoming hotter temperatures could impact the Gifford Fire, officials noted. Meanwhile, containment grew for the Rosa Fire.

Emergency officials announced new evacuation orders in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday due to the Gifford Fire.

Incident commanders hope an influx of personnel, aircraft and other firefighting tools will boost efforts to corral the ...

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

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against the massive ...