The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

A massive wildfire scorched 52,593 acres in the southeastern corner of San Luis Obispo County as of Friday morning, forcing ...

Fire season has begun with a bang in California, where more than a dozen wildfires have ignited since Saturday — the largest ...

"This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW," Cal Fire said. "The area is lawfully closed to public access." ...

The Wolf Fire burning in Banning is the largest of the fires sparked over the weekend. Evacuation orders and warnings are in ...

A vegetation fire burning in the hills east of Templeton threatened structures Saturday evening, prompting an evacuation order for nearby residents. The Rancho Fire, which has burned 15 to 20 acres, ...

According to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff page, a planned outage can be called in the event of severe weather conditions such as low humidity, forecasted high winds, dry material on the ground, ...

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that the fire was "wind-driven and threatening multiple structures in the Apple Valley area." ...

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

Firefighters have gained full containment of the 83-acre Smiley Fire that burned near the Riverside and San Bernardino county ...