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

Madre fire becomes California's largest wildfire this year The fire has consumed more than 70,000 acres and is still growing and moving fast across in San Luis Obispo County, California, CalFire said.

Wind, dry vegetation and steep terrain are challenging firefighters as they battle the state’s largest wildfire burning in San Luis Obispo County.

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

(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 ...

A large vegetation fire was reported at about 1:05 p.m. Wednesday along Highway 166 between Santa Maria and Cuyama.

(The Center Square) – Pushed by fast winds, a fire burned more than 3,000 acres within two hours Wednesday afternoon along the border between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The ...

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, ...

The fire, which erupted on Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, has already burned over 82 square miles (212 sq ...

The blaze is burning in a rural area of San Luis Obispo County, in the central coast, but its smoke has spread to nearby counties.