California firefighters made progress in containing a wildfire that exploded over the holiday weekend to become the state’s largest of the year.

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,

A wildfire in Central California continued to burn Monday and expanded to about 80,000 acres over the holiday weekend, according to Cal Fire.