Excerpt from this story from The Guardian:

The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency for an area close to Yosemite national park, mobilizing thousands to tackle a wildfire that exploded on Friday, grew to more than 15,600 acres and on Sunday remained entirely uncontained.

Discussing the ferocity and fast-growing nature of the blaze, the former vice-president Al Gore, long a campaigner for action on the climate crisis, warned: “The survival of our civilization is at stake.”

The US climate envoy, John Kerry, told the BBC the White House was still considering announcing a climate emergency, adding that Joe Biden was prepared to use “every tool available to him” to tackle climate change, including executive orders.

The fire in Mariposa county, California, named the Oak fire, represented a dangerous new front in the fight against wildfires in the western US. The region has already seen blazes accelerated by a long drought – a terrible forewarning of the intensifying effects of the climate crisis.

High temperatures and strong winds fueled fire activity, officials from California’s department of forestry and fire protection, or Cal Fire, said on Saturday. Spotting, in which embers are carried by the wind, spreading the blaze, was a major factor in the growth of the fire, they said.

On Sunday the temperature was just under 100F (38C). While dramatic smoke formations created by the fire on Saturday had calmed, ashen air cloaked the region, shrouding the Sierra foothills in a thick haze.

Officials said the weather was expected to remain hot with minimal humidity. High tree mortality and dense fuels complicated the firefight, they added.

Another wildfire in northern California, and again burning near Yosemite National Park. As I keyboard, about 6,600 acres, no containment, strong winds, the drought......the ingredients for another messy week. Excerpt from this story from KCRA:

A fire that sparked Friday afternoon in Mariposa County has forced immediate evacuations for nearby residents and is threatening thousands of homes, officials said. The state's fire agency said the fire activity is "extreme with frequent runs, spot fires and group torching."

The Oak Fire started sometime after 2:30 p.m. near Highway 140 and Carstens Road by the community of Midpines, east of Modesto. Highway 140 is one of the main roads drivers use from the Central Coast to travel into Yosemite Valley.

Throughout the night, the fire has been spreading at a threatening pace. By Saturday morning it had burned at least 6,555 acres, according to Cal Fire.

At least 10 structures have been destroyed and five have been damaged in the blaze, according to Cal Fire told KCRA 3 on Saturday. Another 2,000 structures are threatened.

"Explosive fire behavior is challenging firefighters," Cal Fire said in an 8 a.m. report.

Embers also continue to spread and cause more spot fires, making it difficult for crews to establish containment lines, a perimeter made of either natural or manmade fire lines that help prevent the continued spread of a wildfire. As of 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, there is no known containment.

The fire is about 30 miles away from Yosemite Valley. The national park was threatened recently by the Washburn Fire, but crews have managed to protect the cherished sequoias in Mariposa Grove from getting burned.

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