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New prescribed fire started in Ventura County on July 11
Initial location: Ventura County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, named Steelhead, was initiated today at 8:45 a.m. in Ventura ...
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 ...
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 ...
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A More Fire-Safe California Starts with CAL FIRE: California State Democrats Deliver Major Budget Win
Across California, more than $4 billion has been allocated in vegetation management projects to reduce ongoing wildfire risks ...
Wolf Fire: Evacuation orders reduced to warnings or lifted as firefighters contain blaze
The fire began just after 3 p.m. Sunday at Old Banning Idyllwild Road and Wolfskill Truck Trail. Numerous firefighting air ...
Cal Fire rolled out an AI chatbot. Don’t ask it about evacuation orders
A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 6, ...
Madre Fire updates: Evacuation orders issued for these areas affected by California's largest wildfire of 2025
The Los Padres National Forest, Cal Fire in San Luis Obispo, and Bureau of Land Management have been coordinating the ...
California’s Madre Fire surges across 52,000 acres to become state’s biggest blaze this year
The Madre Fire has more than doubled the size of California’s second-largest wildfire this year, as it races through the Los ...
Madre Fire Update: Blaze Explodes To Become California's Largest This Year
The Madre fire burning in San Luis Obispo County has grown to become the largest wildfire California has seen this year. It comes after Southern California was ravaged by wildfires in January, which ...
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 ...