The Gifford Fire has exploded to over 65,000 acres as of Monday, Aug. 4, prompting evacuation orders in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties as Californians navigate multiple fires across the state this past weekend.

The fire has been 3% contained as of the morning of Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Forest Service Los Padres National Forest . More than a thousand personnel are assigned to a fire that’s threatening hundreds of structures and that officials said has injured three people, including a person treated for burn injuries.

Destruction in the area began when Los Padres National Forest firefighters responded to reports of multiple wildfires along Highway 166 west of Cuyama on Aug. 1, according to an incident report . Officials said that they expect for Aug. 4 to be “another

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