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<\/a><\/p>\nWith a high-pressure system firmly in place over the West, smoke dispersal was minimal, hampering firefighting aircraft until late afternoon. Hot, dry conditions and steep terrain will continue to challenge firefighters. Currently no structures have been reported damaged or destroyed in the Ferguson Fire.<\/p>\n
Power has been interrupted to residences and businesses along the El Portal area and Yosemite West area.<\/p>\n
Mandatory Evacuations: Areas that are currently under a mandatory evacuation
\ninclude: Incline Rd from Foresta Bridge to the last BLM campground; Jerseydale\/
\nMariposa Pines; Cedar Lodge\/ Indian Flat Campground, Savage\u2019s Trading Post and
\nSweetwater Ridge.<\/p>\n
Evacuation Advisory: This is NOT an Evacuation Order. This is an advisement only
\nof a potential Evacuation Order should conditions change.
\n\u2022 Yosemite West
\n\u2022 Lushmeadows Community
\n\u2022 Ponderosa Basin Community
\n\u2022 Triangle Rd from Jerseydale Rd to Hwy 49 South including all side roads.
\n\u2022 Darrah Rd from Triangle to Sherrod Rd
\n\u2022 East side of Hwy 49S from Darrah Rd to Harris Rd- This includes Boyer Rd,
\nWoodland Area, Wass Rd, Tip Top Rd
\n\u2022 National Park Service El Portal Complex
\n\u2022 Rancheria Flat- Government Housing
\n\u2022 El Portal Trailer Court
\n\u2022 Old El Portal<\/p>\n
Evacuation Center(s): New Life Christian Fellowship: 5089 Cole Rd, Mariposa, CA 95338<\/p>\n
Road Closures: Highway 140 is closed from Abbie Rd in El Portal to 14 miles north of Mariposa.
\nIncline Rd, River Road from Briceburg to the gate at Railroad Flat and all
\nCampground areas closed. Hites Cove \/ Jerseydale Rd.<\/p>\n
Animal Evac. Center(s): Small Animal Shelter:
\nSPCA of Mariposa County: 5599 CA-49, Mariposa, CA 95338
\nLarge Animal Shelter:
\nMariposa County Fairgrounds: 5007 Fairgrounds Rd, Mariposa, CA 95338<\/p>\n
ASSIGNED RESOURCES
\nEngines: 158 Water Tenders: 5 Helicopters: 5 Hand Crews: 44 Dozers: 16
\nTotal Personnel: 1850<\/p>\n
Air Tankers: Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire
\nsuppression missions as conditions allow.<\/p>\n
Cooperating Agencies: Mariposa County Sheriff\u2019s Office; CAL OES; California Highway Patrol; CALTRANS;
\nCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; American Red Cross; National Weather Service;
\nCalifornia Conservation Corps; BLM, and additional agencies throughout the state<\/p>\n
To sign up for the Mariposa Sheriff\u2019s Office Emergency Alert System visit: https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/register\/
\nTo learn more about wildfire preparedness visit: www.readyforwildfire.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ahwahnee, CA….Today Firefighters continued to focus on structure protection in the areas around El Portal, Yosemite West, and Jerseydale\/Mariposa Pines. They successfully kept the fire on the South side of the Merced River and Highway 140. The fire grew primarily to the South and East, with the majority of the growth occurring in the late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1,13,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-traffic-fire","category-yosemite","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018_07_17-07.42.12.529-CDT.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}