GIFFORD FIRE
Published Sunday, August 24, 2025, 1205 PT
INCIDENT SUMMARY
The GIFFORD FIRE, burning in two counties of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, continues to burn today, after its start date and time on August 1, 2025, at 1544 hours PT.
It is also located about 15 miles northeast of Santa Maria, California.
COMMUNITY MEETING: MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025 @ 1800 HOURS PDT
Fire Officials welcome your questions until Sunday, August 24th, at 1800 hours via 2025.gifford@firenet.gov email. The virtual community meeting can be viewed on Facebook as well as YouTube .
Photo Credit: ALERT California / UC San Diego
CAUSE
The cause is still being listed as undetermined.
CURRENT STATUS
The fire has burned about 131,614 acres, and there is a 95% containment status, which is great news for this almost-month-long dangerous incident. It has caused five structures to be lost, three civilian and 12 firefighter injuries.
Fire behavior is minimal with smoldering and creeping, with mop-up ops in effect. However, with rising temperatures, fire officials state they have observed some heat in the interior.
The fire is in Unified Command with CAL FIRE and CIIMT8.
EVACUATIONS
The following list includes all current evacuation statuses.
- San Luis Obispo County, visit ReadySlo.org/zones or ReadySlo.org/wea or call 805-543-2444.
- Evacuation Orders –
- LPF-009, LPF-010, LPF-012 (Eastern Portion), LPF-013, (Western) SLC-222, SLC-223, SLC-261 (Eastern Portion), SLC-262 (Eastern Portion)
- Evacuation Warnings –
- LPF-011 (Southern portion), LPF-012 (Western Portion), LPF13 (Eastern) LPF-014 (Southern), LPF-015, LPF-016, LPF-018 (Eastern), SLC-193, SLC-194, SLC-221, SLC-224, SLC-261 (Western Portion), SLC-262 (Western Portion).
- Evacuation Orders –
CLOSURES
- Roads: For specific road closure location information in San Luis Obispo County, visit: https://www.emergencyslo.org/en/road-closures.aspx
- Avenales Ranch Road – Pozo Road to the south end
- Hi Mountain Road
RESOURCES
The incident currently is seeing 1,874 total personnel with six helos, 70 engines, 57 dozers, 32 water tenders, 30 crews, and 675 other assigned resources.
SOURCE CREDITS
- CAL FIRE: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/8/1/gifford-fire
- Inciweb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/calpf-gifford-fire
- NIFC: https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/sitreprt.pdf
COST TO DATE
The cost to date for fire suppression and containment efforts has reached 173 Million Dollars.
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