A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park erupted Friday afternoon and prompted evacuations even as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias.
began at about 2 p.m. southwest of the park near Midpines in Mariposa County and quickly spread to 1,300 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
No buildings had burned but a handful of roads in the Sierra Nevada foothill area were under mandatory evacuation orders.Meanwhile, firefighters have made significant progress against a wildfire that began in Yosemite National Park and burned into the Sierra National Forest.The fire broke out July 7 and forced the closure of the southern entrance to Yosemite and evacuation of the community of Wawona as it burned on the edge of Mariposa Grove, home to hundreds of giant sequoias.
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