A new wildfire was reported today at 3:32 p.m. in San Luis Obispo County, California. Railroad Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

Firefighters have contained more than half of the Madre Fire that has burned through a swath of more than 80,000 acres of San Luis Obispo County grassland over the last week. Firefighter teams from Cal Fire and across San Luis Obispo County had ontained 62% of the fire as of noon on Wednesday, according to a post on X from Cal Fire.

The Madre fire has grown to 70,800 acres in San Luis Obispo County, making it the largest blaze in the state this year.