A massive wildfire burning in eastern San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties is now California’s largest wildfire of the year, according to Cal Fire.

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.

It has surpassed the state's then-largest fire, the Madre Fire, which scorched about 81,000 acres in the same region last month.