The Washburn Fire is burning in an area with 'significant' amounts of dead and downed trees.
Thursday continues to tear through an area with many dead trees, trigging more evacuations in Wawona and Wawona Campground on Friday afternoon.
"Please leave the area immediately," officials said."Utilize Wawona Road northbound toward Yosemite Valley. Southbound traffic is closed at the Wawona Golf Course."has burned 466 acres, up from 250 acres to start the day. Park spokesperson Scott Gediman told SFGATE on Friday morning that flames had reached the famed Mariposa Grove's Lower Grove. No details are available yet on the scope of the damage in the grove, which remains closed until further notice.
A view of the Washburn Fire, on Friday, July 8, 2022, currently burning in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove, an area that is well-known as the largest grove of giant Redwoods in the park.According to the park service, the fire started around 2 p.m. Thursday near the Washburn Trail and is burning in an area of"mixed timber with significant dead/down" trees.
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