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· 19hUpdate: nearly 150,000 acres destroyed in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County by Gifford Fire, still 51% contained
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 working on site and, by Thursday evening, they managed to contain 51% of the fire. The cause is, however, still being investigated.
As the Gifford Fire continues to burn in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, community members are showing their ...
A dramatically large and dark column of smoke dominated the sky Tuesday as the Gifford Fire continued to burn in San Luis ...
The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has burnedover 190 square miles.The fire started on ...
San Luis Obispo County Animal Services is taking in animals that had to evacuate due to the Gifford Fire. So far, they have ...
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 ...
The last two weeks of 2025’s summer vacation on the Central Coast was overshadowed—literally in many places—by the Gifford ...
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