The fire sparked in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo County and was growing exponentially, officials warned.

More than 600,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest in California could re-open to industrial logging and road-building ...

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...

A California wildfire that started on Wednesday afternoon continues to burn, having destroyed over 35,000 acres as of ...

The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo County and has since grown to more than 35,500 acres, according ...

The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings, and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County around 100 miles north of ...

A wildfire in California’s San Luis Obispo County rapidly expanded overnight and was covering more than 35,000 acres on ...

The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...

A wildfire in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County is rapidly growing, with smoke spreading to neighboring Ventura and ...

Firefighters in the Golden State are working to control dozens of blazes, with several large fires erupting in Riverside and ...

Southern California has experienced below-average precipitation this year, less than 70% of the typical average in most areas ...