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Evacuation orders lifted as containment on SLO County’s Madre Fire increases
The fire sparked near Highway 166 in New Cuyama in the afternoon of July 2, rapidly expanding to engulf 35,000 acres by that ...
Madre Fire updates: Evacuation orders issued for these areas affected by California's largest wildfire of 2025
The Madre fire raging through San Luis Obispo County has grown into California’s largest wildfire of 2025, burning over 52,000 acres and forcing widespread air quality warnings and emergency response ...
Containment increases on Madre Fire in SLO County. See latest acreage, numbers
Firefighters are still working to fully contain the Madre Fire, which has been burning grassland in southeastern San Luis ...
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UPDATE: Madre Fire grows slightly to 80,603 acres, containment at 35%
The Madre Fire, burning in San Luis Obispo County, has burned 80,603 acres as of Monday afternoon and is 35% contained.
Madre Fire in San Luis Obispo County explodes to more than 80,000 acres
Evacuation orders were issued near Highway 166. The highway is closed from U.S. 101 near Santa Maria to Perkins Road in the ...
Madre Fire burning over 79,000 acres in California, largest in the state this year
The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los ...
Madre fire engulfs 80,000-plus acres, but beefed-up crews and better weather bolster the fight
Firefighters have increased containment of the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County. We have 'the resources we need,' said a ...
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Madre Fire in SLO County
Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...
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Update: Madre Fire, California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year, Rapidly Grows to 70,800 Acres
[Update: Thu., July 3, 5:36pm] The Madre Fire has expanded to 52,593 acres as of 5:17 p.m. on Thursday, still with only 5 ...
Madre fire spreads to 70,800 acres in rural San Luis Obispo County
The Madre fire has grown to 70,800 acres in San Luis Obispo County, making it the largest blaze in the state this year.
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Madre Fire burns over 70k acres, more 'extreme' fire weather ahead
Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...
Madre Fire grows to over 50,000 acres on Fourth of July: See map
California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by ...