The Los Padres National Forest, Cal Fire in San Luis Obispo, and Bureau of Land Management have been coordinating the ...

A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...

Wind, dry vegetation and steep terrain are challenging firefighters as they battle the state’s largest wildfire burning in ...

Firefighters are still working to fully contain the Madre Fire, which has been burning grassland in southeastern San Luis ...

Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...

The blaze is burning in a rural area of San Luis Obispo County, in the central coast, but its smoke has spread to nearby ...

As of Sunday morning, the Madre Fire is 79% contained and has burned 80,786 acres in southeast San Luis Obispo County, ...

Video from the U.S. Forest Service Los Padres National Forest and CAL Fire shows the Madre Fire turning the sky orange across ...

Evacuation orders are in place for rural areas near State Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo ...

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

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of ...