A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...

The Madre Fire has grown to more than 70,000 acres in San Luis Obispo County.

At the outset of the blaze, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office estimated that some 500 acres were already burned at the scene, near the 10000 block of Highway 166 in the Los Padres National Forest.

AccuWeather predicted that California could see up to 1.5 million acres burned this year, up by about half a million acres from last year and the historical average from 2001 to 2020.

With Los Angeles still recovering from the devastating fires that killed at least 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes, California’s residents are being warned that the summer, typically ...