Looked out my front yard a few minutes ago and confirmed with a phone call. There is a large fire burning up the hill around El Portal-Mid Pine. This one could burn for awhile.
Forest Fire in D-6
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, Aug 25 2011 04:01 PM
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 04:01 PM
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 04:49 PM
Haven't seen anything on Cal Fire's website or the news about it yet. Anymore details about it's location?
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 04:50 PM
It just showed up.CAL FIRE is assisting the US Forest Service with a 100 ace fire off Hwy 140 near Ferguson rock slide, Cedar Lodge (Mariposa County).
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 05:22 PM
Not really just looking up the hill, fire is about 20 miles east of me. Can still see smoke blowing to the North.Haven't seen anything on Cal Fire's website or the news about it yet. Anymore details about it's location?
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Posted 25 August 2011 - 05:31 PM
Highway 140 closed by fire near YosemiteThe Associated PressPosted: 08/25/2011 02:59:04 PM PDTUpdated: 08/25/2011 05:49:47 PM PDTYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—A stretch of highway leading into one of the main entrances into Yosemite National Park was closed Thursday as a wildfire burned outside the park.The blaze has consumed about 400 acres along Highway 140 since it was first reported a little before 1 p.m. Thursday, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea said.The California Highway Patrol closed the highway for a stretch of nearly 15 miles from just outside the park entrance to an area known as the "Octagon," said CHP Officer Jesse Fouch.The fire started just outside the park near the community of El Portal when a motorhome caught fire, said Fouch. He could not say when the stretch of highway would be open to traffic again. No injuries have been reported.No homes or structures in El Portal were considered to be threatened, but officials have issued what Florea described as a "precautionary evacuation" to residents of about two dozen homes in the tiny community.The wildfire was burning in the Sierra National Forest, but was not within Yosemite's boundaries, said Flores.About 250 firefighters are battling the blaze, with more on the way, he said.It just showed up.CAL FIRE is assisting the US Forest Service with a 100 ace fire off Hwy 140 near Ferguson rock slide, Cedar Lodge (Mariposa County).
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