Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Wildfires

Wildfires - California

One of several wildfires burning across California prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in a central California foothill community near Yosemite National Park.

More than 1,500 people from homes and four hotels near the community of Oakhurst have been told to evacuate, said Erica Stuart, a spokeswoman for the Madera County Sheriff's Office. Oakhurst is about 16 miles away from an entrance to Yosemite National Park.

A surging wildfire in Kern County some 50 miles northeast of Bakersfield was threatening buildings and bringing evacuations.

A fire in Wofford Heights near Lake Isabella has grown to about slightly more than 1 square mile.

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