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

Madre Fire became California's largest blaze so far this year, ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County.

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:52 p.m. in Orange County, California. Mary Fire has been burning on county land. At ...

The Madre Fire became California’s largest blaze so far this year, ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in ...

The fire sparked in the Los Padres National Forest in San Luis Obispo County and was growing exponentially, officials warned.

The Madre Fire became California's largest blaze so far this year, ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in ...

So far in 2025, the state of California has seized more than double the amount of illegal fireworks that they did in 2024.

The big picture: The Madre Fire had grown to 35,530 acres on Thursday afternoon — surpassing January's destructive Los ...

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.

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

A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...