Since it started on Friday afternoon, the Gifford Fire -- which is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in Solvang, California -- has burned 83,933 acres and has only reached 9% containment, prompting evacuation orders for those in the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.

Temporary evacuation sites were established at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School in Santa Maria and the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center in New Cuyama, Cal Fire said. The agency also reported that Highway 166 was closed between Highway 101 and New Cuyama.

The new blaze comes as a massive wildfire in Central California became the state’s largest blaze of the year, threatening hundreds of homes and burning out of control in the Los Padres National Forest.

The Canyon Fire around Lake Piru in Ventura County rapidly grew to 600 acres amid scorching temperatures, low humidity and gusty winds. With over 4,400 wildfires and a quarter-million acres already burned in California this year,

As a heat wave hits Southern California, a brush fire erupted near Lake Piru, at the border of Ventura and LA counties, quickly forcing evacuations.