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Evacuation orders issued for latest California wildfire amid scorching heat wave
Evacuation orders have been issued due to a wildfire in central California, the latest among more than a dozen blazes burning in the state amid a scorching heat wave. The French Fire near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County has burned more than 900 acres since erupting Thursday and was 20% contained as of Friday evening, according to fire officials. Residents of parts of Mariposa County have been ordered to evacuate due to the fire, impacting approximately 1,100 people, according to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office. Fire crews worked to establish a fireline around the eastern side of the community of Mariposa overnight and are focusing firefighting efforts on that side, Cal Fire said.
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 […]
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...
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