Much of the community of Mariposa was evacuated because of a wildfire that started Thursday evening.
Much of the community of Mariposa was evacuated because of the French Fire, which started around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Bulldozer and hand crews worked through the night to establish a fire line along the east side of the Sierra Nevada foothills community, said the Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.Thompson Fire rages on, but some residents are returning home As of Friday morning, the wildfire had burned 843 acres and was 5% contained, CalFire said. The cause was under investigation.for a large part of the community’s central residential and commercial area, just east of Highway 49, as was the shelter-in-place order for John C. Fremont Hospital and two motels.Dear Abby: Should I tell my husband who the man in the motorcycle club is?Dear Abby: Where I live, a $300 wedding gift is expected.
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