wildfire

A wildfire that threatened Yosemite's Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is burning eastward into the Sierra National Forest.

As the Washburn Fire grows near Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, around 1,600 people in the nearby community of Wawona have been ordered to evacuate, including high-schoolers at a summer camp

A fire official told a community meeting Monday night that the blaze has been on the outskirts of the famed Mariposa Grove and officials don't believe it will advance inward.

In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new program to dramatically speed up the state’s wildfire prevention work. But an investigation from CapRadio and The California Newsroom found the program hasn’t resulted in a single completed project.

On the part of the community of Rock Haven that received forest thinning treatments, the Creek Fire lost enough intensity to spare mature trees and historic homes.

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