Raging Wildfire Prompts Evacuation Order in Town Near Yosemite National Park

Published on July 5, 2024

A blistering heat wave has fueled several fires across California including a blaze that started on the Fourth of July near a small town at the entrance of Yosemite National Park. About 1,000 residents in Mariposa, just 30 miles west of the national park, remained under mandatory evacuation orders Friday as the French Fire grew to nearly 850 acres, or 1.3 square miles, by Friday afternoon. One person who traveled through Mariposa on Thursday said large paper X’s were left on doors notifying residents of evacuation warnings, according to a post on social media Friday. Mariposa County sheriff’s deputies were in the areas under evacuation, making door-to-door notifications, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)....

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