Massive wildfire becomes California’s largest blaze of the year
Rising temperatures are posing new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California which has become the biggest blaze in the state so far this year.
More than 870 remote homes and other structures at the northern edge of Los Padres National Forest are threatened by the Gifford Fire, which grew slightly overnight after burning out of control for days.
The fire has scorched at least 131 square miles of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with just 9% containment.
It surpassed the 126 square mile Madre Fire, which erupted last month in south-eastern San Luis Obispo County, as the state’s largest fire of 2025 година
Екипажите, работещи в стръмен, недосегаем терен, ще се оправят с температурите към 35 ° С в сряда и над 38c в четвъртък, съобщи капитан Скот Сафек с пожарната работа на окръг Санта Барбара.
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