A WILDFIRE HAS HIT THE RUGGED MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND HAS PLACED 1,500 STRUCTURES UNDER THREAT. THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION SAYS THAT THE FIRE NEARLY DOUBLED IN SIZE OVERNIGHT AND HAS SCORCHED ABOUT 71 SQUARE MILES. 2,000 PEOPLE IN MARIPOSA ARE UNDER EVACUATION AS THE FIRE BURNS DENSE VEGETATION. THE END OF THE DROUGHT AND MORE RAINFALL WAS GREAT FOR THE VEGETATION, BUT THIS HAS FUELED THE FIRES EVEN MORE. GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN CALLED FOR THE STATE’S RESOURCES TO BE USED TO BATTLE THE FIRE, AND THE CAUSE OF IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
