Firefighters on the ground and in the air are making significant progress in containing California’s largest wildfire of 2025.
The Madre Fire, which broke out shortly after 1 p.m. on July 2 on the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County, quickly grew to more than 52,000 acres within a day, surpassing the Palisades and Eaton wildfires from January in terms of size.
As of Monday morning, incident commanders said the fire had burned 80,480 acres and was 30% contained…