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Emergency declared as wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park in California

A state of emergency has been declared as firefighters tackled a 6,000-acre brush fire near Yosemite National Park in California.

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2022

Fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite remains uncontained

The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon southwest of the park near the town of Midpines. By Sunday, it had rapidly grown to 22 square miles.

WEKU · Jul 23, 2022

Wildfire near Yosemite National Park explodes in size

A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park has exploded in size and prompted evacuations even as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022