Since its discovery three days ago, it has burned 65,062 acres, an increase of 15,301 acres since the last update. By Monday morning, the fire crew effectively contained 3% of this fire. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

A massive wildfire in Santa Barbara County has scorched nearly 50,000 acres, prompting hundreds of evacuations. The Gifford Fire, captured by UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia cameras, continues to grow rapidly across the Carrizo Plain hills.

Over 500 hundred fire fighters across the state are in Santa Barbara County helping to fight this fire and Sacramento strike team arrived and got right to work the morning after.