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Santa Maria Air Tanker Base Providing Valuable Support for Firefighters Battling the Gifford Fire

With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...
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Reinforcements En Route as Gifford Fire Grows to 72,460 Acres

Incident commanders hope an influx of personnel, aircraft and other firefighting tools will boost efforts to corral the ...

Crews focus on northern flank of Gifford Fire in SLO County as containment inches up

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District warned that smoke would impact air quality in SLO County on ...

Gifford Fire grows to nearly 84,000 acres. See updates on Rosa, Gold fires today

Upcoming hotter temperatures could impact the Gifford Fire, officials noted. Meanwhile, containment grew for the Rosa Fire.
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Gifford Fire Command Focuses on Northern Containment Lines, Structure Defense

Calm winds overnight helped Gifford Fire crews build containment lines on the “rapidly-growing fire on the northern flank,” ...

Gifford Fire: Massive blaze in central California threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured

The blaze threatened about 450 structures and forced the closure of the highway in both directions east of Santa Maria, a ...

Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara County burns more than 60,000 acres, forces evacuations

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

Gifford Fire smoke brings hazy skies to SLO County. Where is air quality worst?

Smoke from the Gifford Fire was hovering over parts of the county, resulting in sooty air quality and possible ash falling ...

Map: Gifford Fire evacuation zone expanded as hot, dry weather is forecast

The new orders were for an area near the north edge of Gifford, burning since last week in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara ...