Yosemite fire

2022 - 7 - 24

Yosemite Yosemite

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California's fast-moving Oak Fire burns more than 6000 acres and ... (CNN)

A wildfire raging for a second day Saturday in central California's Mariposa County outside Yosemite National Park has burned more than 6500 acres and ...

Smith told CNN that his father is a Mariposa sheriff and was working on the fire when his mother, Jane, had to evacuate. It had burned more than 4,850 acres and was 79% contained by Saturday morning, according to InciWeb "It's pretty sad to see the house that I grew up in and was raised in gone," he said. Although these are materials, it is devastating to lose everything literally in the blink of an eye without notice." Fire activity was extreme, and emergency personnel were working to evacuate people and protect buildings, the department said The fire has destroyed at least 10 structures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, said Saturday

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California's Oak Fire rages near Yosemite as thousands flee to safety (PBS NewsHour)

Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for Mariposa County due to the fire's effects. Evacuation orders were in place for over 6000 people living ...

Pacific Gas & Electric said on its website that more than 3,100 homes and businesses in the area had lost power as of Sunday and there was no indication when it would be restored. California has experienced increasingly larger and deadlier wildfires in recent years as climate change has made the West much warmer and drier over the past 30 years. Numerous roads were closed, including State Route 140 between Carstens Road and Allred Road — one of the main routes into Yosemite.

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No containment of destructive California fire near Yosemite (The Independent)

There is no containment of a destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park that has grown into one of California's biggest blazes of the year and forced ...

By Sunday morning, the fire encompassed roughly 14,200 acres. “The fire is moving quickly. Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for the county on 23 July as the fire forced more than 3,000 people from their homes.

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Oak Fire near Yosemite forces evacuations, threatens homes (USA TODAY)

The fast moving Oak Fire burning outside of Yosemite National Park has forced evacuations, charred over 14,000 acres and has destroyed several homes since ...

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Oak Fire update: Heavy smoke to blanket Yosemite as uncontained ... (San Francisco Chronicle)

The explosive Oak Fire burning west of Yosemite in Mariposa County swelled to more than...

But it was expected to remain “aloft,” the agency said, with hazy skies visible and the smell of smoke possible. That fire, burning since July 7, presented a brief but dire threat to the giant sequoias nestled in the Mariposa Grove. For Monday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory, with smoke expected to drift into the region. The National Weather Service also forecast that heavy smoke from the fire would move into the Sierra foothills. Firefighters’ “greatest success” so far, he said, was along the fire’s western flank near Highway 140, where bulldozers and hand crews were able to dig long lines that they hoped would increase containment. “They’re in there protecting structures and bumping house to house, essentially, to protect everything that we can.”

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