Overview

• The wildfire has scorched more than 96,000 acres across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, making it California’s largest blaze of 2025.
• Containment climbed to 15 percent as nearly 3,000 personnel, including Bay Area firefighters and bulldozers, joined under a unified command.
• Thirty-mile-per-hour winds overnight propelled the fire westward and prompted new mandatory evacuation orders and warnings in high-risk zones.
• Officials say forecasted temperatures above 100 °F and humidity in the single digits will heighten fire behavior through the weekend.
• Smoke from the blaze has degraded air quality across Southern California and is expected to linger for several days.