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

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.

[Update: Fri., July 4, 12:30pm] The Madre Fire has expanded to 70,800 acres as of noon on Friday, with containment now at 10 percent, according to CalFire. Evacuation orders and warnings expanded ...

Firefighters have contained more than half of the Madre Fire that has burned through a swath of more than 80,000 acres of San ...

A fire in rural San Luis Obispo County grew Friday night to nearly 80,000 acres and is California’s largest this year, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The ...

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The Madre Fire in eastern San Luis Obispo County continued to grow overnight as firefighters battled challenging conditions ...

Madre Fire initially started 1:07 p.m. July 2 in San Luis Obispo County, California. Since its discovery five days ago, it ...

The Madre Fire's growth in eastern San Luis Obispo County slowed to a crawl as the holiday weekend came to an end.

Firefighters surrounded more of the Madre Fire on Sunday, but continue to battle challenging conditions as Highway 166 remained closed.  The fire burning ...

Now that the Central Coast area has entered peak wildfire season, the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties Air Pollution Control districts ...