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Calif. Wildfire Slows, 700 Residents Allowed Home

MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — Nearly half the people who had to evacuate their Northern California homes are being allowed to return as firefighters catch up with a wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park. Officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said evacuation orders for some 700 people would expire at 8 p.m. local time Tuesday. About 800 people remain evacuated. Firefighters increased containment of the nearly 3-square-mile blaze from 15 to...

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Calif. Wildfire Slows, 700 Residents Allowed Home

Firefighters are catching up with a wildland fire near the entrance of Yosemite National Park and more than half the people forced to evacuate are home.

News • June 18th, 2013
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