Saturday marks day 9 of the Gifford Fire and firefighters have another day of hot and dry weather to contend with as they continue to fight the growing blaze.

That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.

A large brush fire continues to grow off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria and near Cuyama prompting numerous evacuations.

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...

Gifford Fire officials report minimal growth overnight after a rapid expansion of the fire on the northwest side on Thursday.

Gifford Fire officials held a community meeting in Sisquoc at Santa Barbara County Fire Station 23 on Thursday night. They ...

Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, according to fire and transit officials.

Highway 166 has been closed for a week since the Gifford Fire started and will likely remain closed for several more days, ...

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While fire fighting operations are making progress on containing the Gifford fire burning east of Santa Maria, the largest in ...

A massive wildfire continued to burn in Central California, forcing evacuations and threatening hundreds of homes.

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 96,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...