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

The Madre Fire is the largest wildfire in California in 2025 — surpassing the Los Angeles-area fires that devastated parts of the region in January.