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Highway 166 reopens after days-long closure due to Madre Fire
Highway 166 between Highway 101 and Cuyama will reopen to traffic at 6 p.m. Tuesday after it was closed for several days due ...
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Madre Fire Containment Reaches 79% as Suppression, Repairs Continue
The Madre Fire’s containment continued to increase Sunday, leading to an ongoing decrease in personnel assigned to the incident The fire sparked shortly ...
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Fire ecologist breaks down the Madre Fire and how it could be beneficial to the land
As the Madre Fire dwindles down, the acreage burned shows it’s clearly the largest fire in the state so far this year, but ...
Madre Fire in California explodes to nearly 80,000 acres
A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...
Madre Fire grows to over 35,000 acres, closes California's Highway 166
The Madre Fire has continued to blaze through Central California, mapping at 35,530 acres with 5% containment as of Thursday ...
Giant ‘Madre Fire’ surges across 35,000 acres in Southern California, becoming the states largest wildfire this year
A rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California quickly became the state’s largest fire of the year after igniting on ...
Containment increases on Madre Fire in SLO County. See latest acreage, numbers
Firefighters are still working to fully contain the Madre Fire, which has been burning grassland in southeastern San Luis Obispo County for over a week. As of Friday morning, the fire was sitting at ...
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Highway 166 Reopens as Madre Fire Hits 55% Containment
Six days after the Madre Fire forced the temporary closure of Highway 166, the road connecting the Central Coast to the ...
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See 35,000 acre Madre Fire from Highway 166 to Carrizo Plain
The Madre Fire began near Highway 166 and within 24 hours had burned into the wildland north of the highway becoming the ...
Hwy 166 reopens, Madre Fire continues to burn west of Bakersfield
A closure has been lifted for Highway 166 in Kern County, as fire crews work to extinguish the massive Madre Fire burning ...
Madre Fire explodes to nearly 10,000 acres, closes California's Highway 166
According to Cal Fire, the Madre Fire started at 1:07 p.m. along state Route 166 near New Cuyama, which is a major ...
Madre Fire slows as containment holds in SLO County. See latest acreage
The Madre Fire’s growth in eastern San Luis Obispo County slowed to a crawl as the holiday weekend came to an end.