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Thousands ordered to evacuate as Oak Fire rages near Yosemite

By Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle and The Fresno Bee

July 23, 2022

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A helicopter flies above flames while battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., Sunday, July 24.
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An air tanker drops retardant while trying to stop the Oak Fire from progressing in Mariposa County, Calif., on Sunday, July 24.
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An air tanker flies past flames while battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., Sunday, July 24.
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Flames from the Oak Fire are seen from the Jerseydale Forest Station in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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Orange haze fills the sky as cows graze in a pasture as the Oak Fire burns in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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Firefighters work to keep the Oak Fire from reaching a home in the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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A firefighter sprays water while battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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A helicopter drops water on the Oak Fire burning in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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The Oak Fire burns near the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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A firefighter stands atop a fire engine shortly after coming on duty to battle the Oak Fire in the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., on Sunday, July 24.
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A car is engulfed in flames as the Oak Fire burns in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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A firefighters holds a hose while battling the Oak Fire in the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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Flames from the Oak Fire consume a home on Triangle Rd. in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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U.S. Forest firefighters stand along Triangle Road watching a wildfire called the Oak Fire burn east of Midpines in Mariposa County, Calif., Friday, July 22.
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A firefighter extinguishes flames as the Oak Fire crosses Darrah Road in Mariposa County, Calif., on Friday, July 22. Crews were able to to stop it from reaching an adjacent home.
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California Highway Patrol Officer Matthew Chance walks away from a car that crashed into a ditch while driving away from the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., on Friday, July 22. Chance gave the elderly driver a ride out of the fire evacuation zone.
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A firefighter removes a jacket from a car that crashed into a ditch while driving away from the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., on Friday, July 22. A police officer gave the elderly driver a ride out of the fire evacuation zone.
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Firefighters help an elderly man from his car, seen at right, after he crashed into a ditch while driving away from the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., on Friday, July 22.
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A plane drops retardant while battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., on Friday, July 22.
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A helicopter drops water on the Oak Fire in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., Saturday, July 23.
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A home is engulfed in flames as the Oak Fire burns on Triangle Road in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., Saturday, July 23.
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Firefighters battle the Oak Fire on Triangle Road in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., Saturday, July 23.
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A firefighter runs as the Oak Fire burns on Triangle Road in unincorporated Mariposa County, Calif., Saturday, July 23.
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Flames from the Oak Fire consume a home on Triangle Road in Mariposa County, Calif., Saturday, July 23.
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Flames consume a home on Triangle Road as the Oak Fire burns in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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Flames engulf a chair inside a burning home as the Oak Fire burns in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.
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Firefighter Joanna Jimenez holds a dog she found wandering in a fire evacuation zone as the Oak Fire burns in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23.

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