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This was about the time that the wildfire outbreak started and some of the worst wildfires of the season, including the Carr and Mendocino Complex, aka the Ranch Fire/ River Fire, began. [72] [73] [17] Ferguson: Mariposa: 96,901: July 13, 2018: August 18, 2018: 19 firefighters injured, 2 firefighters killed; 10 structures destroyed [5] [74 ...
The fire was reported on July 7, 2022, in the lower Mariposa Grove area near the Washburn trail, for which the fire is named. [2] The fire quickly attracted national attention due in part to the role the Mariposa Grove played in the establishment of Yosemite National Park and the National Park Service. [3]
The River Fire was a wildfire that broke out from a lightning storm early on August 16, 2020 in Monterey County, California, south of Salinas, near River Road and Mount Toro. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Within its first day, it spread to 2,000 acres and was 10% contained; mandatory evacuations were ordered, while air and ground crews worked the fire.
The French fire started near French Camp Road at Highway 49 just northwest of Mariposa after 6:30 p.m. Thursday and had grown to 908 acres by Friday evening, triggering mandatory evacuations for ...
According to Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced, the French Fire has burned 843 acres and is 5% contained. No injuries or structures have been destroyed, but evacuations and warnings have been issued ...
The fire, which has been burning for just over a week, continues to be active, especially to the east toward Iron Creek. It had burned 4,822 acres and was 37% contained as of the Saturday morning ...
Washburn Fire: Mariposa, Madera: 4,886: July 7, 2022: July 30, 2022: Human caused, forced evacuations in Wawona and trail closures in Yosemite National Park; threatened Mariposa Grove [41] [42] Oak Fire: Mariposa: 19,244: July 22, 2022: September 2, 2022: Unknown cause, forced evacuations in Mariposa County. Destroyed 182 structures and damaged ...
Residents of tiny Mariposa, in the Sierra Nevada mountains southwest of Yosemite in central California, were ordered to flee after flames from the so-called Detwiler Fire jumped over Highway 140 ...