Incident Update Gifford Fire
- Date:
- 08/03/2025
- Time:
- 12:11 PM
Incident Facts
- Name
- Gifford Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2025-08-01
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Highway 166 Northeast of Santa Maria
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Under Investigation
- Counties
- San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
- Administration Unit
- Unified Command- Los Padres National Forest & Santa Barbara County Fire
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 23,589
- Containment
- 0%
- Structures Threatened
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
Firefighters are at scene at a vegetation fire with multiple start points along Highway 166, 30 miles east of Santa Maria and just west of the recent Madre Fire perimeter. This fire is within the Los Padres National Forest. Ground and air resources are actively suppressing all fires with additional resources on order.
Fire is burning actively on both sides of the highway with more active spread on the south side. For evacuation info visit: readysbc.org.
California Interagency Incident Management Team 5 (CIIMT 5) is expected to assume command of the incident on 8/3/25 at 6:00am.
This fire is not under CAL FIRE jurisdiction. For more information, please visit Gifford Fire InciWeb.
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuation Orders
- LPF-016
- LPF-017
- LPF-018
- LPF-019
- LPF-165
- SLC-335
- SLC-336
- SLC-337
- SBC-159A
- SBC-161A
- SBC163
- SBC167
Evacuation Warnings
San Luis Obispo County
- LPF-015
- SLC-297
Santa Barbara County
- SBC-159B
- SBC-161B
- SBC-169-A
Road Closures
Highway 166 remains closed between Highway 101 & New Cuyama.