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Firefighters Save Homes Before Fire Has A Chance To Start

NORTH FORK — Firefighters from the Rancheria Cal Fire Station in North Fork played a different kind of role in fire protection last Thursday when their sharp situational awareness headed off what could have led to disastrous results. Just after 12:30 p.m. Engine 4255 had made its way to the end of Duke Road just off Road 200 and was ...

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Goose Fire Closes Highway 168 South Of Prather

PRATHER — Firefighters are currently battling a wildfire that was reported at about 2:30 p.m. near Prather. The Goose Fire as prompted the evacuation of approximately 100 homes in the area of Gooseberry Lane and Morgan Canyon (see map below). Latest reports put the fire at 80 acres, spreading at a dangerous rate. A portion of Highway 168 has been ...

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Evacuations To Be Lifted On Fork Fire

NORTH FORK — Crews make good progress on the Fork Fire last night, completing dozer line around the entire perimeter, save a few spots that were too steep to access. In those small areas, hand line was dug to tie everything in. The fire was last estimated at just over 38 acres, and is now 40 percent contained. Though there ...

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Firefighters Make Amazing Stop On Fork Fire

NORTH FORK — Just a few days after the one-year anniversary of the start of the Willow Fire, that scorched over 5,700 acres near North Fork last summer, residents were put on edge once again as a fast-moving fire threatened over 200 homes. Just before 6 p.m., reports began coming in of a structure fire in the Old Mill Housing ...

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Mono Tribe Clears Final Hurdle To Conduct Class III Gaming

NORTH FORK – The Tribal Council of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians announced today that Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Lawrence Roberts has “issued Secretarial Procedures,” meaning that effective today, July 29, the Tribe can conduct Class III Gaming on their trust land located in the County of Madera. Though they are not ready ...

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Driver Arrested For DUI After Crash Starts Fire

O’NEALS — What started as a response for a vegetation fire in O’Neals early this morning ended with an arrest for DUI. Firefighters were called out just before 3 a.m. for reports of the “side of the mountain on fire” just east of the Spring Valley School in O’Neals on Road 200. The first engine at scene reported about two ...

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YHS Graduate Dies While Battling Wildfire

OAKHURST — Friends and family, and the entire fire service family, are mourning the loss of a private bulldozer operator who was killed while fighting a large wildfire in Monterey County on Tuesday, July 26. The man has been identified as Yosemite High School graduate and Friant resident Robert Reagan III, age 35, according to Cal Fire. Cal Fire is ...

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North Fork Biomass Plant Begins Accepting Logs

NORTH FORK — The North Fork Biomass Disposal Facility has now begun accepting hazard log biomass to help address the tree mortality issues in Madera County. On Friday, July 22, the Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council (Y/S RC&D Council) initiated the soft open of the facility at the North Fork Mill Site, which will store and process hazardous logs ...

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Wildfires Affecting Air Quality In Central Sierra

CENTRAL SIERRA — Smoke from the Soberanes Fire burning in Monterey County is affecting air quality in locations throughout the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Sierra, warns the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Unusually high particulate matter and ozone levels throughout the area are prompting Air District officials to issue a health cautionary statement Valley-wide. The wildfires ...

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Bear Incidents In Yosemite At All Time Low

YOSEMITE — Since 1998 when bear incidents in Yosemite reached an all-time high, park officials and Yosemite Conservancy have worked diligently to educate the public, implement new policies, and provide bear-resistant containers for hikers and campers. In 1998, there were approximately 1,600 incidents resulting in $660,000 in property damage. In 2016, bear incidents total just 17, with 7 additional garbage ...

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