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Hundreds flee forest fire in California

A fierce forest fire was raging in the US state of California on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes.
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California is on Pace for its Worst Wildfire Year in Recent Memory

The Gifford fire that started fires is raging across a mountainous stretch across the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...

Gifford Fire: Massive wildfire in central California threatens homes, injures 3 people as it burns out of control

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

Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...

Smoke from Gifford Fire is visible from space. See the video

Satellite imagery showed plumes of smoke from California’s largest active wildfire heading south from San Luis Obispo County.

Map: Gifford Fire closing in on wildfire season’s top spot

At the end of Sunday, Aug. 3, the wildfire was mapped at 65,061 acres (101 square miles) — an increase of more than 25,000 ...

Gifford Fire live tracker maps as smoke reaches Las Vegas

The Gifford fire quickly exploded to more than 65,000 acres in size, with experts warning of elevated fire weather conditions ...

California’s fire season is starting off worse than normal, and SoCal fires are almost entirely to blame

The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...