A firefighter battles the Madre Fire as it makes a run along Highway 166, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Noah Berger / AP The Madre fire in California rapidly spread to ...

UPDATE (3:07 p.m.) - The Madre Fire has grown to more than 3,300 acres, according to CAL FIRE, with 0% containment. Fire officials are asking travelers to avoid Highway 166 between Highway 101 and ...

MADRE FIRE. 52,592 acres; 10% containment; Highway 166 closed between Highway 101 and New Cuyama; UPDATE (7:39 p.m.) - 52,952 acres now burned as of Thursday night according to CAL FIRE then ...

Hundreds of firefighters are working to contain a fast-moving wildfire that erupted near California’s Central Coast on Wednesday, forcing evacuations in two counties. The Madre Fire broke out ...

SANTA BARBARA/SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – Fire crews are responding to a 100-acre vegetation fire off of Highway 166, ...

Officials Sunday said the fire was 30% contained. A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo ...

Giant ‘Madre Fire’ surges across 35,000 acres in Southern California, becoming the states largest wildfire this year By . Emilee Speck, FOX Weather. Published July 3, 2025, 4:44 p.m. ET.

About half the Madre Fire, as it’s been named, is on National Forest lands and the rest on state lands, said Andrew Madsen, a spokesperson for Los Padres National Forest. Wind-driven by steady gusts ...

(The Center Square) – The Madre Fire has grown to 35,530 acres in less than 24 hours, making it this year's largest wildfire in California. The vegetation fire, which burned 3,300 acres within ...

The Madre Fire expanded in eastern San Luis Obispo County, California, causing evacuations and a closure of Highway 166. SLO County wildfire forces evacuations, burns 52,500 acres | Sacramento Bee ...

Madre Fire Grows to Nearly 80,000 Acres, Prompting Evacuations in California. The blaze is burning in a rural area of San Luis Obispo County, in the central coast, ...