A wildfire in a remote part of San Luis Obispo County rapidly grew overnight and spread to over 35,000 acres by Thursday morning, threatening 50 structures, officials said.
Called the Madre Fire, the blaze started Wednesday afternoon in the mountains in Los Padres National Forest. Evacuation orders were in place with 5% of the fire contained as of Thursday morning, according to Cal Fire. A section of Highway 166 was closed, according to Caltrans.
The blaze is the largest wildfire the state has seen this year, bigger than the Eaton and Palisades fires in January. It is unclear how many people were affected…