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Update: Madre Fire remains 74% contained, 80,786 acres affected in San Luis Obispo County
Madre Fire initially started 1:07 p.m. July 2 in San Luis Obispo County, California. Since its discovery nine days ago, it ...
Madre Fire in California explodes to nearly 80,000 acres
A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...
Madre Fire map: Evacuations for California’s largest wildfire of 2025
The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.
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 ...
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, now California's largest of the year, in images
The Madre Fire has now torched more acres than any fire in the state this year, burning more than 79,000 acres.
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Tanker Base in Santa Maria played critical role in containing the Madre Fire
A small operation just miles from downtown Santa Maria became one of the firefight’s most important assets: the Santa Maria ...
Madre Fire explodes in size, becoming California's largest wildfire this year
The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...
California's Madre Fire grows to over 70,000 acres, expected to remain 'extreme'
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 ...
Giant ‘Madre Fire’ surges across 35,000 acres in Southern California, becoming the states largest wildfire this year
A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...