Ferguson Fire map: Flurry of new evacuations near Yosemite
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Ferguson Fire map: Flurry of new evacuations near Yosemite
Increased activity in the Ferguson Fire has forced mandatory evacuations of several more communities on the western edge of Yosemite National Park.
As of Saturday morning, the fire had burned 27,129 acres — almost 3,000 more than 24 hours earlier. It was 7 percent contained.
The Saturday report by the U.S. Forest Service said most of the new burn area was north of Highway 140 near Ned Gulch. It attributed the increased activity to more turbulent air following the lifting of the atmospheric inversion layer.
A mandatory evacuation was issued at 10 a.m. Saturday for Yosemite West, a cluster of cabins near the west end of Yosemite’s Glacier Point Road. It is within a 165-acre zone of Sierra National Forest that has been off limits to the public since Wednesday, but until this point Yosemite West residents had been allowed to stay.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Friday evening for:
- Rancheria Flat government housing
- Old El Portal
- Yosemite View Lodge
- Foresta
The closure of Highway 140 was extended to the east, into Yosemite, and its continuation in the park as El Portal Road was closed as well. Yosemite’s Arch Rock entrance, on this road, was closed.
The fire started July 13 near Savage Trading Post, on 140 west of Incline.
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