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Evacuation Orders for 843-Acre French Fire in Mariposa Started July 4
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that California has secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant from FEMA to aid in containing the French Fire in Mariposa County, which has rapidly spread across 843 acres since igniting yesterday evening, prompting the evacuation of 1,100 residents. This...
Popular Yosemite National Park entrance reopens as containment on French Fire grows
A popular highway into Yosemite National Park is no longer impacted by an ongoing wildfire in Mariposa County.The video above is from an earlier version of this story and will be updated.Highway 140 between Martin and Whitlock roads was closed Thursday night due to the ongoing French Fire.As of Friday afternoon, it has since reopened with traffic control from Old Highway North to Grojean Road."Last night was terrifying," said Marie Matheson, the owner of Lone Wolf Designs in Mariposa."I have friends that are on the edges of town and right over there on Bullion and Jones Street and they were...
Mandatory evacuations in place for French Fire in Mariposa County, deputies say
MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Areas affected by the French Fire in Mariposa County are prompting mandatory evacuations, the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office said. According to Cal Fire, the French Fire in Mariposa County started around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. It has burned about 400 acres as of Thursday night. As of Thursday night, sheriff’s […]
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