Deadly Ferguson Fire Burning Near Yosemite Fully Contained After More Than a Month
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Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park
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The following day, 36-year old Heavy Fire Equipment Operator \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Varney died\u003c/a> when his bulldozer crashed down a mountainside while he was working on a steep trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 29, 33-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\">Brian Hughes died\u003c/a> when a tree struck him while he was conducting a strategic firing operation on the east side of the wildfire. Hughes was the captain of the elite Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoke from the fire had almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immediate impacts\u003c/a> on nearby Yosemite National Park, leaving some of the park's most iconic landmarks shrouded from view and interfering with visitors' trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire. \" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Park officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed the popular Yosemite Valley\u003c/a> to the public on July 25, and the following week, the fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">burned into the park\u003c/a> for the first time, leading the National Park Service to close a large portion of the park indefinitely on August 5. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686230/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yosemite Valley reopened\u003c/a> on August 14. Mariposa Grove and Wawona have also reopened, while Glacier Point remains closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire and related park closures at the peak of tourist season have had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686460/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devastating impact on nearby businesses\u003c/a>, leading to an estimated $50 million in lost revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its worst, more than 3,000 people from all over the world were assigned to the incident. Halle said the more than month-long fight to contain the fire isn't out of the ordinary anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you had asked me a couple years ago, I would have said absolutely it seems to be a long period of time to get a containment line around the fire,\" Halle said. \"But as we get into what our governor calls the 'new normal,' it seems that this is just becoming the new trend where we're here for a long period of time to get a containment line around these fires.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the fire has been contained, there are still more than 800 people assigned to the blaze. Halle said firefighters and other personnel will continue to work on monitoring hot spots within the containment lines, clearing dead trees, preventing mudslides due to soil erosion and repairing nearly 300 miles of fire containment lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's still a huge amount of work to be done,\" Halle said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Sonja Hutson contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The fire, which sparked on July 13, killed two firefighters and forced costly closures and evacuations of Yosemite National Park.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1534715986,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":597},"headData":{"title":"Deadly Ferguson Fire Burning Near Yosemite Fully Contained After More Than a Month | KQED","description":"The fire, which sparked on July 13, killed two firefighters and forced costly closures and evacuations of Yosemite National Park.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Deadly Ferguson Fire Burning Near Yosemite Fully Contained After More Than a Month","datePublished":"2018-08-19T19:36:23.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-19T21:59:46.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11687674 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11687674","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/19/deadly-ferguson-fire-burning-near-yosemite-fully-contained-after-more-than-a-month/","disqusTitle":"Deadly Ferguson Fire Burning Near Yosemite Fully Contained After More Than a Month","path":"/news/11687674/deadly-ferguson-fire-burning-near-yosemite-fully-contained-after-more-than-a-month","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Fire officials announced Sunday that the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, which started on July 13 and has burned more than 96,000 acres in and around Yosemite National Park, is 100 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire itself has a containment line all the way around the perimeter of the fire,\" said Ferguson Fire Information Officer Brendan Halle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that fire officials are confident the fire will not spread any further, but it doesn't mean that the fire is done burning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not controlled,\" Halle said. \"Controlled would be after there are no more hot spots or smoking areas, and there are still interior pockets of unburned fuel in that containment line that are probably going to smoke for a while until they have the first really good storm or wetting rain up in this region, and that will probably lead to the whole thing being controlled.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire started more than a month in the Sierra National Forest in steep, rugged terrain that would make firefighting a challenge from the start, in addition to hot and dry weather conditions. The following day, 36-year old Heavy Fire Equipment Operator \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braden Varney died\u003c/a> when his bulldozer crashed down a mountainside while he was working on a steep trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 29, 33-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\">Brian Hughes died\u003c/a> when a tree struck him while he was conducting a strategic firing operation on the east side of the wildfire. Hughes was the captain of the elite Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoke from the fire had almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immediate impacts\u003c/a> on nearby Yosemite National Park, leaving some of the park's most iconic landmarks shrouded from view and interfering with visitors' trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire. \" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Park officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed the popular Yosemite Valley\u003c/a> to the public on July 25, and the following week, the fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">burned into the park\u003c/a> for the first time, leading the National Park Service to close a large portion of the park indefinitely on August 5. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686230/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yosemite Valley reopened\u003c/a> on August 14. Mariposa Grove and Wawona have also reopened, while Glacier Point remains closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire and related park closures at the peak of tourist season have had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686460/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devastating impact on nearby businesses\u003c/a>, leading to an estimated $50 million in lost revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its worst, more than 3,000 people from all over the world were assigned to the incident. Halle said the more than month-long fight to contain the fire isn't out of the ordinary anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you had asked me a couple years ago, I would have said absolutely it seems to be a long period of time to get a containment line around the fire,\" Halle said. \"But as we get into what our governor calls the 'new normal,' it seems that this is just becoming the new trend where we're here for a long period of time to get a containment line around these fires.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the fire has been contained, there are still more than 800 people assigned to the blaze. Halle said firefighters and other personnel will continue to work on monitoring hot spots within the containment lines, clearing dead trees, preventing mudslides due to soil erosion and repairing nearly 300 miles of fire containment lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's still a huge amount of work to be done,\" Halle said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Sonja Hutson contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11687674/deadly-ferguson-fire-burning-near-yosemite-fully-contained-after-more-than-a-month","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_23723","news_23826","news_17041"],"featImg":"news_11687699","label":"news_72"},"news_11686856":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11686856","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11686856","score":null,"sort":[1534265579000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"yosemite-national-park-reopens-but-fires-toll-still-felt","title":"Yosemite National Park Reopens, But Fire's Toll Still Felt","publishDate":1534265579,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The reopening of Yosemite National Park can't come soon enough for Douglas Shaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 20-day closure during peak tourist season cost Shaw $200,000 in lost revenue at his hotel just outside of Yosemite — one of the busiest parks in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686230/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most of the park reopened Tuesday\u003c/a>. Park officials say Highway 41 and Glacier Point will remain closed for likely at least another week for fire-fighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearly three-week closure was the result of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Ferguson fire\u003c/a>, which has burned 96,457 acres and killed two firefighters since it started July 13. Though the fire didn't reach the heart of Yosemite Valley, it burned in remote areas of the park and choked popular areas with smoke. The park closures began July 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, Shaw wiped out his savings account, had to lay off eight of his 43 employees and started considering early retirement to avoid a possible future with similar devastating wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I hadn't had savings, which is depleted, I'd be scrambling for money or I wouldn't have a business,\" Shaw said. \"It's a huge setback.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaw is among hundreds of business owners in small communities surrounding Yosemite who depend on tourist dollars. Tens of thousands of visitors from across the globe canceled trips because of the park's closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire is one of several devastating fires in California — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686818/fatality-in-mendocino-complex-fire-adds-to-deadly-month-for-california-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the latest fatality\u003c/a> being a firefighter from Utah who died Monday while battling the Ranch Fire, the largest in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yosemite, the fires peaked during the busiest month for tourism. The park draws more than 600,000 visitors during a typical August, according to the National Park Service. Visitor bureaus in the area and the park are estimating roughly $50 million in combined tourism losses, said Steve Montalto, creative director at Visit Yosemite Madera County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"From an economic standpoint, it's majorly significant to the region,\" said Montalto, who visited one of the most popular attractions at the park, the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, when it reopened Monday ahead of the larger reopening Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's like a big breath of fresh air to be able to get in there and explore these places again,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hotel owners and other business are relieved about the opening, they say it will likely be weeks before their bookings return to normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaw said his hotel probably won't be more than 45 percent booked this week, when normally it's sold out well in advance. There were just 10 people staying there Monday night, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Once the closure hit that three-week mark, there's a full panic across the board for visitors, whether they're from Beijing or Paris or San Francisco,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Lambert, who rents out an apartment within the park, said he and his wife have lost about $20,000 in income because of the closure. And because the apartment is along the one entrance to Yosemite Valley that will remain closed for at least a week, he said his next booking isn't until Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And now people are starting to cancel into September, and we have October people asking about canceling,\" Lambert said. \"It's still rough. The summer is pretty much lost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are trying to get the word out that the park is back open. They have posted pictures of themselves and visitors at attractions holding red paddleboards that say #YosemiteNOW, and they're encouraging visitors to do the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the park, the dent in visitor fees will impact park improvements, such as fixing roads and updating facilities, ranger Scott Gediman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because those projects are planned years in advance, all improvements for this year will be covered but projects in the future will be affected, Gediman said, though it was too soon to know which ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not the only national park struggling with wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Montana blaze destroyed structures and forced evacuations Monday from the busiest area of Glacier National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yosemite, visitors likely will notice some smoke and may even see flames on their way in, though the fire is almost entirely contained, Gediman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People won't have the crystal clear blue skies they're used to,\" he said, but added that the smoke \"is the best I've seen it in several weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Gediman walked around the park ahead of the opening, he said there was a newfound sense of anticipation among workers who were tidying up campsites and preparing entrance stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are very excited to get the park reopened,\" he said. \"It seems like a long time and it's certainly been very quiet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Shaw heard the good news, he said he felt pure joy. \"It's a beautiful thing,\" he said. \"You realize that roads are actually paved with money.\"\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Visitor bureaus in the area and the park are estimating roughly $50 million in combined tourism losses.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1534265775,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":820},"headData":{"title":"Yosemite National Park Reopens, But Fire's Toll Still Felt | KQED","description":"Visitor bureaus in the area and the park are estimating roughly $50 million in combined tourism losses.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Yosemite National Park Reopens, But Fire's Toll Still Felt","datePublished":"2018-08-14T16:52:59.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-14T16:56:15.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11686856 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11686856","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/14/yosemite-national-park-reopens-but-fires-toll-still-felt/","disqusTitle":"Yosemite National Park Reopens, But Fire's Toll Still Felt","nprByline":"Amanda Lee Myers\u003cbr>\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11686856/yosemite-national-park-reopens-but-fires-toll-still-felt","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The reopening of Yosemite National Park can't come soon enough for Douglas Shaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 20-day closure during peak tourist season cost Shaw $200,000 in lost revenue at his hotel just outside of Yosemite — one of the busiest parks in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686230/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most of the park reopened Tuesday\u003c/a>. Park officials say Highway 41 and Glacier Point will remain closed for likely at least another week for fire-fighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearly three-week closure was the result of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Ferguson fire\u003c/a>, which has burned 96,457 acres and killed two firefighters since it started July 13. Though the fire didn't reach the heart of Yosemite Valley, it burned in remote areas of the park and choked popular areas with smoke. The park closures began July 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, Shaw wiped out his savings account, had to lay off eight of his 43 employees and started considering early retirement to avoid a possible future with similar devastating wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If I hadn't had savings, which is depleted, I'd be scrambling for money or I wouldn't have a business,\" Shaw said. \"It's a huge setback.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaw is among hundreds of business owners in small communities surrounding Yosemite who depend on tourist dollars. Tens of thousands of visitors from across the globe canceled trips because of the park's closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire is one of several devastating fires in California — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686818/fatality-in-mendocino-complex-fire-adds-to-deadly-month-for-california-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the latest fatality\u003c/a> being a firefighter from Utah who died Monday while battling the Ranch Fire, the largest in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yosemite, the fires peaked during the busiest month for tourism. The park draws more than 600,000 visitors during a typical August, according to the National Park Service. Visitor bureaus in the area and the park are estimating roughly $50 million in combined tourism losses, said Steve Montalto, creative director at Visit Yosemite Madera County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"From an economic standpoint, it's majorly significant to the region,\" said Montalto, who visited one of the most popular attractions at the park, the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, when it reopened Monday ahead of the larger reopening Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's like a big breath of fresh air to be able to get in there and explore these places again,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While hotel owners and other business are relieved about the opening, they say it will likely be weeks before their bookings return to normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaw said his hotel probably won't be more than 45 percent booked this week, when normally it's sold out well in advance. There were just 10 people staying there Monday night, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Once the closure hit that three-week mark, there's a full panic across the board for visitors, whether they're from Beijing or Paris or San Francisco,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Lambert, who rents out an apartment within the park, said he and his wife have lost about $20,000 in income because of the closure. And because the apartment is along the one entrance to Yosemite Valley that will remain closed for at least a week, he said his next booking isn't until Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And now people are starting to cancel into September, and we have October people asking about canceling,\" Lambert said. \"It's still rough. The summer is pretty much lost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are trying to get the word out that the park is back open. They have posted pictures of themselves and visitors at attractions holding red paddleboards that say #YosemiteNOW, and they're encouraging visitors to do the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the park, the dent in visitor fees will impact park improvements, such as fixing roads and updating facilities, ranger Scott Gediman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because those projects are planned years in advance, all improvements for this year will be covered but projects in the future will be affected, Gediman said, though it was too soon to know which ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not the only national park struggling with wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Montana blaze destroyed structures and forced evacuations Monday from the busiest area of Glacier National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yosemite, visitors likely will notice some smoke and may even see flames on their way in, though the fire is almost entirely contained, Gediman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People won't have the crystal clear blue skies they're used to,\" he said, but added that the smoke \"is the best I've seen it in several weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Gediman walked around the park ahead of the opening, he said there was a newfound sense of anticipation among workers who were tidying up campsites and preparing entrance stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are very excited to get the park reopened,\" he said. \"It seems like a long time and it's certainly been very quiet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Shaw heard the good news, he said he felt pure joy. \"It's a beautiful thing,\" he said. \"You realize that roads are actually paved with money.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11686856/yosemite-national-park-reopens-but-fires-toll-still-felt","authors":["byline_news_11686856"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_20341","news_23723","news_23826","news_4746"],"featImg":"news_11686858","label":"news_72"},"news_11686460":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11686460","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11686460","score":null,"sort":[1534108921000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities","title":"Yosemite Valley Reopening a Relief for Hard-Hit Nearby Communities","publishDate":1534108921,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A collective sigh of relief is rolling through the central Sierra Nevada as Yosemite National Park officials prepare to reopen Yosemite Valley, which has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed for nearly three weeks\u003c/a> due to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody is very excited to be able to go back to a sense of normalcy,\" said park spokeswoman Jamie Richards. \"To be able to go from saying this is indefinite to being able to say, 'Look, we're going to plan to reopen the valley,' feels very good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular part of the park, known for its views of cascading waterfalls and monumental granite formations — was closed to visitors on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the fire entered park boundaries\u003c/a>, and officials announced that the valley and other parts of the park would remain closed indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, firefighters are making significant progress on the blaze. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had burned 95,947 acres and was 83 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards says park officials have assessed conditions and feel it's safe to reopen the valley to visitors. They are asking people to drive with extreme caution because there is still active fire and smoke in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also say there will be limited visitor services as the park resumes normal operations. Wawona Road from Yosemite Valley to the Wawona area will remain closed for at least another week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards couldn't estimate the number of visitors the park is expecting to see when the valley reopens on Tuesday, but she said people are excited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know that there's going to be a lot of excitement in the air,\" she said. \"We know that we're going to see people coming back, and it's going to be a really great day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson Fire public information officer Tom Efird says firefighters are relieved they've been able to prevent the blaze from hitting Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Good fire management and hard work by the firefighters have been able to keep the fire out of Yosemite Valley proper,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While crews have been able to bring containment up significantly on the fire, Efird says the fight isn't over. \"There's still a lot of hard work to be done,\" he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fight is also far from over for the communities surrounding Yosemite, which rely heavily on incoming campers, hikers and climbers for business. The valley's closure is the second longest in park history, and it came at the peak of tourist season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In all these communities, we rely heavily on visitors, on tourism to stay viable,\" said Steve Montalto, creative director for the Visit Yosemite | Madera County visitor's bureau. \"It's really put a significant impact on the amount of people coming to the area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a normal summer day, Montalto says, the Madera County gateway would be \"hustling and bustling,\" with tourists stopping at grocery stores for supplies, eating in restaurants, and visiting the local brewery and wine bars. \"That has all been much, much, much quieter,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montalto says the rough estimate of financial losses for the entire region — including Yosemite National Park and its gateway communities — sits at about $50 million. And while there is still some summer left this year, the reopening isn't likely to alleviate the losses suffered over the past few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're definitely hoping for a pickup,\" he said. \"It's a bit of a challenge because within the next couple of weeks, schools are starting back up. So the flexibility of families getting out to travel is small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park and its four gateway communities are launching a campaign called #YosemiteNOW in an effort to bring tourism back to the region following the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/YosemiteMadera/status/1028009920895938561\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire ignited on July 13 in the Sierra National Forest, and it has burned into both the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. The wildfire is the largest ever to hit the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have died battling the the blaze and 15 others have suffered injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Hughes, 33, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials hope to have the blaze fully contained later this week.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Park officials are preparing to reopen Yosemite Valley after it was shut down for nearly three weeks due to the Ferguson Fire.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1534195913,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":764},"headData":{"title":"Yosemite Valley Reopening a Relief for Hard-Hit Nearby Communities | KQED","description":"Park officials are preparing to reopen Yosemite Valley after it was shut down for nearly three weeks due to the Ferguson Fire.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Yosemite Valley Reopening a Relief for Hard-Hit Nearby Communities","datePublished":"2018-08-12T21:22:01.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-13T21:31:53.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11686460 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11686460","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/12/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities/","disqusTitle":"Yosemite Valley Reopening a Relief for Hard-Hit Nearby Communities","path":"/news/11686460/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A collective sigh of relief is rolling through the central Sierra Nevada as Yosemite National Park officials prepare to reopen Yosemite Valley, which has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed for nearly three weeks\u003c/a> due to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody is very excited to be able to go back to a sense of normalcy,\" said park spokeswoman Jamie Richards. \"To be able to go from saying this is indefinite to being able to say, 'Look, we're going to plan to reopen the valley,' feels very good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular part of the park, known for its views of cascading waterfalls and monumental granite formations — was closed to visitors on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the fire entered park boundaries\u003c/a>, and officials announced that the valley and other parts of the park would remain closed indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, firefighters are making significant progress on the blaze. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had burned 95,947 acres and was 83 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards says park officials have assessed conditions and feel it's safe to reopen the valley to visitors. They are asking people to drive with extreme caution because there is still active fire and smoke in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also say there will be limited visitor services as the park resumes normal operations. Wawona Road from Yosemite Valley to the Wawona area will remain closed for at least another week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards couldn't estimate the number of visitors the park is expecting to see when the valley reopens on Tuesday, but she said people are excited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know that there's going to be a lot of excitement in the air,\" she said. \"We know that we're going to see people coming back, and it's going to be a really great day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson Fire public information officer Tom Efird says firefighters are relieved they've been able to prevent the blaze from hitting Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Good fire management and hard work by the firefighters have been able to keep the fire out of Yosemite Valley proper,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While crews have been able to bring containment up significantly on the fire, Efird says the fight isn't over. \"There's still a lot of hard work to be done,\" he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fight is also far from over for the communities surrounding Yosemite, which rely heavily on incoming campers, hikers and climbers for business. The valley's closure is the second longest in park history, and it came at the peak of tourist season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In all these communities, we rely heavily on visitors, on tourism to stay viable,\" said Steve Montalto, creative director for the Visit Yosemite | Madera County visitor's bureau. \"It's really put a significant impact on the amount of people coming to the area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a normal summer day, Montalto says, the Madera County gateway would be \"hustling and bustling,\" with tourists stopping at grocery stores for supplies, eating in restaurants, and visiting the local brewery and wine bars. \"That has all been much, much, much quieter,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montalto says the rough estimate of financial losses for the entire region — including Yosemite National Park and its gateway communities — sits at about $50 million. And while there is still some summer left this year, the reopening isn't likely to alleviate the losses suffered over the past few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're definitely hoping for a pickup,\" he said. \"It's a bit of a challenge because within the next couple of weeks, schools are starting back up. So the flexibility of families getting out to travel is small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park and its four gateway communities are launching a campaign called #YosemiteNOW in an effort to bring tourism back to the region following the closure.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1028009920895938561"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire ignited on July 13 in the Sierra National Forest, and it has burned into both the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. The wildfire is the largest ever to hit the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have died battling the the blaze and 15 others have suffered injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Hughes, 33, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials hope to have the blaze fully contained later this week.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11686460/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities","authors":["11258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_23723","news_4746","news_23722"],"featImg":"news_11686597","label":"news_72"},"news_11686230":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11686230","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11686230","score":null,"sort":[1533936368000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens","title":"Yosemite Valley to Reopen as Fire Threat Weakens","publishDate":1533936368,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials say they will reopen Yosemite Valley — which has been closed off to all visitors for weeks due to the Ferguson Fire — on Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park administrators also plan to reopen the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the public on Monday at 9:00 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'd like to express our sincere gratitude to the firefighters and incident command teams for their great efforts in suppressing the Ferguson Fire,\" Yosemite National Park superintendent Michael Reynolds said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is truly a historic and unprecedented event in park history, and we are thrilled to welcome back visitors to Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say Glacier Point Road and Wawona Road from Yosemite Valley to the Wawona area of the park will stay shut down for at least another week due to ongoing fire activity and firefighting operations. The Hetch Hetchy area will also remain closed due to smoke impacts from the fire, but officials say they expect to reopen it soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park administrators are warning visitors that there's still active fire and smoke in the area, and people should drive with extreme caution. They say road delays are possible due to fire activity and ongoing firefighting operations, and there will be limited visitor services as the park resumes normal operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials initially shut down Yosemite Valley on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the Ferguson Fire. They also closed off other areas of the park — including Wawona and the Mariposa Grove — on the same day in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED first reported\u003c/a> that the massive wildland blaze had entered park boundaries last Thursday. At one point last Friday, the blaze forced firefighters stationed at the Badger Pass ski and snowboard area of the park to shelter in place as flames jumped Highway 41 within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Cal Fire Dozer Operator Died: Report Lays Out Steps Leading to Ferguson Fire Tragedy\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, park officials announced that Yosemite Valley and other parts of the park would remain closed indefinitely due to increased fire activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, firefighters have a better handle on the blaze and are progressing toward full containment. As of Friday morning, the fire was 95,544 acres and 80 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have died battling the Ferguson Fire and 15 others have suffered injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>33-year-old Brian Hughes, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say they hope to have the blaze fully contained by August 15.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Officials initially shut down Yosemite Valley on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the Ferguson Fire.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1533938194,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":487},"headData":{"title":"Yosemite Valley to Reopen as Fire Threat Weakens | KQED","description":"Officials initially shut down Yosemite Valley on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the Ferguson Fire.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Yosemite Valley to Reopen as Fire Threat Weakens","datePublished":"2018-08-10T21:26:08.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-10T21:56:34.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11686230 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11686230","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/10/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens/","disqusTitle":"Yosemite Valley to Reopen as Fire Threat Weakens","path":"/news/11686230/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials say they will reopen Yosemite Valley — which has been closed off to all visitors for weeks due to the Ferguson Fire — on Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park administrators also plan to reopen the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the public on Monday at 9:00 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'd like to express our sincere gratitude to the firefighters and incident command teams for their great efforts in suppressing the Ferguson Fire,\" Yosemite National Park superintendent Michael Reynolds said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is truly a historic and unprecedented event in park history, and we are thrilled to welcome back visitors to Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say Glacier Point Road and Wawona Road from Yosemite Valley to the Wawona area of the park will stay shut down for at least another week due to ongoing fire activity and firefighting operations. The Hetch Hetchy area will also remain closed due to smoke impacts from the fire, but officials say they expect to reopen it soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park administrators are warning visitors that there's still active fire and smoke in the area, and people should drive with extreme caution. They say road delays are possible due to fire activity and ongoing firefighting operations, and there will be limited visitor services as the park resumes normal operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials initially shut down Yosemite Valley on July 25 due to unhealthy air quality caused by smoke from the Ferguson Fire. They also closed off other areas of the park — including Wawona and the Mariposa Grove — on the same day in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED first reported\u003c/a> that the massive wildland blaze had entered park boundaries last Thursday. At one point last Friday, the blaze forced firefighters stationed at the Badger Pass ski and snowboard area of the park to shelter in place as flames jumped Highway 41 within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Cal Fire Dozer Operator Died: Report Lays Out Steps Leading to Ferguson Fire Tragedy\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, park officials announced that Yosemite Valley and other parts of the park would remain closed indefinitely due to increased fire activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, firefighters have a better handle on the blaze and are progressing toward full containment. As of Friday morning, the fire was 95,544 acres and 80 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have died battling the Ferguson Fire and 15 others have suffered injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>33-year-old Brian Hughes, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say they hope to have the blaze fully contained by August 15.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11686230/yosemite-valley-to-reopen-as-fire-threat-weakens","authors":["11258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_23723","news_23826","news_4463","news_4746"],"featImg":"news_11686266","label":"news_72"},"news_11684840":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11684840","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11684840","score":null,"sort":[1533403259000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ferguson-fire-pushes-farther-into-yosemite","title":"Ferguson Fire Pushes Farther Into Yosemite","publishDate":1533403259,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The stubborn \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> — one of many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large wildfires\u003c/a> burning across California — continued to push into Yosemite National Park's western boundary overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say the massive wildland blaze — fueled by gusty, erratic winds and dry conditions — jumped across containment lines along Highway 41 on Friday night, moving toward Yosemite's ski and snowboard area at Badger Pass, where some fire crews are based.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson Fire information officer Michelle Eidam says the growth forced fire crews at Badger Pass to shelter in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The firefighters were prepared,\" she said. \"They had fire engines and the protections in place to be there and protect those buildings and to protect that camp. At the same time, non-essential personnel, anyone who didn't need to remain at that camp, was escorted out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eidam says the blaze also burned across Glacier Point Road, which leads to the Badger Pass, cutting off the primary exit route from the camp, but she said all non-essential personnel were already evacuated at that point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the wildfire jumped over Highway 41 last night, officials say fire crews are now building new containment lines within the park boundary to prevent the blaze from spreading further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Crews are out there right now, working on lines to grab the fire and hold that fire in check over on that eastern side,\" Eidam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warm and dry conditions, along with winds pushing eastward, are expected to keep fire activity strong on the Yosemite side of the blaze over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ai6yrham/status/1025600541919866880\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What people will see out there is a pretty significant column of smoke,\" Eidam said. \"It will look like a big cloud, and that's the fire being active. Because we have westerly winds coming in, the eastern side of the fire is where you're going to see the most fire activity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials closed off a large portion of the park — including the highly popular Yosemite Valley — to all visitors on July 25th due to unhealthy air quality and active firefighting operations. Park officials plan to to re-asses whether and when they can reopen the valley on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire has scorched more than 126 square miles of dry brush and timber along steep terrain since it ignited on July 13. As of Saturday morning, the blaze was 80,755 acres and 39 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 3,000 personnel are fighting the wildfire with 201 engines, 58 water tenders and 71 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have been killed and 11 have been injured battling the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-three-year-old Brian Hughes, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to have the fire fully contained by August 15.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Officials say the massive wildland blaze jumped across containment lines along Highway 41 on Friday night, moving toward Yosemite's Badger Pass.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1533403259,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":499},"headData":{"title":"Ferguson Fire Pushes Farther Into Yosemite | KQED","description":"Officials say the massive wildland blaze jumped across containment lines along Highway 41 on Friday night, moving toward Yosemite's Badger Pass.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Ferguson Fire Pushes Farther Into Yosemite","datePublished":"2018-08-04T17:20:59.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-04T17:20:59.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11684840 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11684840","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/04/ferguson-fire-pushes-farther-into-yosemite/","disqusTitle":"Ferguson Fire Pushes Farther Into Yosemite","path":"/news/11684840/ferguson-fire-pushes-farther-into-yosemite","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The stubborn \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> — one of many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">large wildfires\u003c/a> burning across California — continued to push into Yosemite National Park's western boundary overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say the massive wildland blaze — fueled by gusty, erratic winds and dry conditions — jumped across containment lines along Highway 41 on Friday night, moving toward Yosemite's ski and snowboard area at Badger Pass, where some fire crews are based.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferguson Fire information officer Michelle Eidam says the growth forced fire crews at Badger Pass to shelter in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The firefighters were prepared,\" she said. \"They had fire engines and the protections in place to be there and protect those buildings and to protect that camp. At the same time, non-essential personnel, anyone who didn't need to remain at that camp, was escorted out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eidam says the blaze also burned across Glacier Point Road, which leads to the Badger Pass, cutting off the primary exit route from the camp, but she said all non-essential personnel were already evacuated at that point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the wildfire jumped over Highway 41 last night, officials say fire crews are now building new containment lines within the park boundary to prevent the blaze from spreading further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Crews are out there right now, working on lines to grab the fire and hold that fire in check over on that eastern side,\" Eidam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warm and dry conditions, along with winds pushing eastward, are expected to keep fire activity strong on the Yosemite side of the blaze over the weekend.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1025600541919866880"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\"What people will see out there is a pretty significant column of smoke,\" Eidam said. \"It will look like a big cloud, and that's the fire being active. Because we have westerly winds coming in, the eastern side of the fire is where you're going to see the most fire activity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park officials closed off a large portion of the park — including the highly popular Yosemite Valley — to all visitors on July 25th due to unhealthy air quality and active firefighting operations. Park officials plan to to re-asses whether and when they can reopen the valley on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire has scorched more than 126 square miles of dry brush and timber along steep terrain since it ignited on July 13. As of Saturday morning, the blaze was 80,755 acres and 39 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 3,000 personnel are fighting the wildfire with 201 engines, 58 water tenders and 71 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have been killed and 11 have been injured battling the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-three-year-old Brian Hughes, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was killed on July 29\u003c/a>, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials hope to have the fire fully contained by August 15.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11684840/ferguson-fire-pushes-farther-into-yosemite","authors":["11258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_23723","news_17603"],"featImg":"news_11684849","label":"news_72"},"news_11684472":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11684472","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11684472","score":null,"sort":[1533253433000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park","title":"Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park","publishDate":1533253433,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> is now burning within Yosemite National Park, a park spokesman told KQED on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire has entered the park,\" Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said. \"It's down in the Wawona area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman couldn't offer the exact acreage that the fire has scorched within the park, but he said it was \"a small amount\" as of Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mariposa County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday evening issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Wawona community, which sits within the park's western boundary, as the fire moved eastward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The firefighters aren't overly worried about the community of Wawona,\" Gediman said. \"However, with the fire activity moving in that direction, it was felt that the mandatory evacuation was necessary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials have been expecting the deadly blaze to enter park boundaries for some time, and crews have been conducting back-firing operations and building containment lines in preparation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire that's burning toward the Yosemite West and Wawona area is the direction that all the fire behavior specialists and everybody thought it would go, so it'd doing that.\" Gediman said. \"However, it is causing the necessity to keep the Wawona Road closed at least for another week, due to fire activities along that road.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https://google.org/crisismap/us-wildfires?hl=en&llbox=37.699%2C37.4983%2C-119.4617%2C-119.9753&t=TERRAIN&layers=16%2C17%2C9%2C2&embedded=true\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed off Yosemite Valley\u003c/a> -- by far the most popular area in the park -- because of poor air quality due to smoke from the blaze. Gediman says park officials will be assessing when they can reopen the valley on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To have Yosemite Valley closed like this due these smoke conditions is something that's never happened before,\" Gediman said. \"I've been here a long time, and even the people that have been here longer than me are saying that no one has ever seen the type of smoke we're seeing -- no one remembers seeing the smoke this heavy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\">What You Need to Know: Carr, Mendocino Complex and Ferguson Fires\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/CarrFireBackburn-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire has scorched more than 107 square miles of dry brush and timber since along rugged terrain since it ignited in the Sierra National Forest on July 13. As of Thursday afternoon, the blaze had scorched 68,610 acres and was 39 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have been killed battling the wildfire. Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, died on July 14 after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-three-year-old Brian Hughes, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, was killed on Sunday, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A memorial service for Hughes will be held Saturday morning in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As of Thursday afternoon, the blaze had crossed the park boundary and burned 'a small amount' in the Wawona area, according to a park spokesman.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1533255538,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":447},"headData":{"title":"Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park | KQED","description":"As of Thursday afternoon, the blaze had crossed the park boundary and burned 'a small amount' in the Wawona area, according to a park spokesman.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park","datePublished":"2018-08-02T23:43:53.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-03T00:18:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11684472 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11684472","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/02/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park/","disqusTitle":"Ferguson Fire Enters Yosemite National Park","path":"/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> is now burning within Yosemite National Park, a park spokesman told KQED on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire has entered the park,\" Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said. \"It's down in the Wawona area.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman couldn't offer the exact acreage that the fire has scorched within the park, but he said it was \"a small amount\" as of Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mariposa County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday evening issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Wawona community, which sits within the park's western boundary, as the fire moved eastward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The firefighters aren't overly worried about the community of Wawona,\" Gediman said. \"However, with the fire activity moving in that direction, it was felt that the mandatory evacuation was necessary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials have been expecting the deadly blaze to enter park boundaries for some time, and crews have been conducting back-firing operations and building containment lines in preparation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire that's burning toward the Yosemite West and Wawona area is the direction that all the fire behavior specialists and everybody thought it would go, so it'd doing that.\" Gediman said. \"However, it is causing the necessity to keep the Wawona Road closed at least for another week, due to fire activities along that road.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https://google.org/crisismap/us-wildfires?hl=en&llbox=37.699%2C37.4983%2C-119.4617%2C-119.9753&t=TERRAIN&layers=16%2C17%2C9%2C2&embedded=true\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closed off Yosemite Valley\u003c/a> -- by far the most popular area in the park -- because of poor air quality due to smoke from the blaze. Gediman says park officials will be assessing when they can reopen the valley on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To have Yosemite Valley closed like this due these smoke conditions is something that's never happened before,\" Gediman said. \"I've been here a long time, and even the people that have been here longer than me are saying that no one has ever seen the type of smoke we're seeing -- no one remembers seeing the smoke this heavy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\">What You Need to Know: Carr, Mendocino Complex and Ferguson Fires\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683410/carr-fire-expands-in-shasta-two-wildfires-blaze-in-mendocino\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/CarrFireBackburn-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire has scorched more than 107 square miles of dry brush and timber since along rugged terrain since it ignited in the Sierra National Forest on July 13. As of Thursday afternoon, the blaze had scorched 68,610 acres and was 39 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two firefighters have been killed battling the wildfire. Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, died on July 14 after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-three-year-old Brian Hughes, captain of an elite firefighting squad stationed within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, was killed on Sunday, when he was struck by a falling tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A memorial service for Hughes will be held Saturday morning in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11684472/ferguson-fire-enters-yosemite-national-park","authors":["11258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_19542","news_23723","news_23826","news_4746"],"featImg":"news_11684534","label":"news_72"},"news_11683753":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11683753","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11683753","score":null,"sort":[1533106909000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney","title":"How Cal Fire Dozer Operator Died: Report Lays Out Steps Leading to Ferguson Fire Tragedy","publishDate":1533106909,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A Cal Fire bulldozer operator killed in mid-July during the first hours of the Ferguson Fire near Yosemite was working alone on a treacherous jeep trail when his 42,000-pound machine crashed down a mountainside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Cal Fire report on the death of Braden Varney, 36, also says that fire commanders on the scene of the Ferguson Fire had been unable to communicate with him for more than four hours before he was discovered dead in the wreckage of his machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4623514/Cal-Fire-Green-Sheet-Bulldozer-Rollover-Fatality.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The report\u003c/a>, which KQED obtained under a California Public Records Act request, suggests incident commanders and the bulldozer crew were lax in following basic safety protocols prior to the fatal incident early the morning of July 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the report does not assign responsibility for Varney’s death, it lists more than a dozen “safety issues for review” and “incidental issues/lessons learned” in the wake of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of issues suggests that commanders didn’t have a clear plan for Varney to execute and that both the bulldozer crew and commanders failed to maintain adequate communications as Varney made the decision to negotiate the narrow, hazardous jeep trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency spokesman Scott McLean said in an email Tuesday that \"all of the incidents\" relating to Varney's death are still under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cal Fire document, which the agency calls a Green Sheet, details a sequence of events that began the evening of July 13 when the Ferguson Fire was discovered and Varney, a 10-year veteran with the agency, was among the first firefighters to arrive on the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varney and his swamper -- a certified heavy-equipment supervisor acting as a helper and lookout -- unloaded the dozer from a transport in a remote area of Sierra National Forest about 10 p.m. on the night of July 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report says Varney was unable to talk directly with fire commanders as he maneuvered his machine down a backcountry route known as Hites Cove Trail toward a planned rendezvous with bulldozers working on the other side of the South Fork of the Merced River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he relied on his swamper to relay messages to and from incident commanders via radio. At 3 a.m., after traveling about 2 miles from the transport vehicle, Varney sent the swamper back to get a replacement for a hydraulic line that had developed a minor leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Green Sheet says that the swamper's last contact with Varney was at 4:30 a.m., when the two talked by radio about where to find the keys needed to retrieve the spare part. The swamper then left the area to pick up the bulldozer's relief operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated attempts after that to raise Varney by radio failed. Cal Fire personnel knew nothing more about his whereabouts until 8:47 a.m., when a firefighting pilot who had been asked to look for Varney spotted his bulldozer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The machine had tumbled more than 220 vertical feet down a slope with an average grade of 75 percent. (By comparison, the steepest streets in San Francisco are said to have a maximum grade of 31 percent, meaning they rise 31 vertical feet in 100 horizontal feet.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683935\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-800x582.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-1020x742.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-1200x873.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-1180x859.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-960x699.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-240x175.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-375x273.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-520x378.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of site where a Cal Fire bulldozer crashed down a steep slope above the South Fork of the Merced River during early hours of the Ferguson Fire. The bulldozer, visible as a small patch of white at lower left, crashed 220 vertical feet from the steep jeep trail above. Cal Fire dozer operator Braden Varney was killed in the incident. \u003ccite>(Cal Fire/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The swamper reached the scene shortly after 9 a.m., worked his way down to the dozer and found Varney trapped in the machine, dead. Varney, whom Mariposa County coroner's officials say suffered crush injuries to the neck and chest, was not extricated from the dozer until two days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire’s subsequent investigation found that Varney veered off the trail three times -- the Green Sheet calls these “slips” and “near misses” -- in less than 600 feet before his fatal plunge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first near miss revealed Dozer 1 (Varney’s bulldozer) had completely left the trail, before climbing back up and continuing down the trail,\" the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report offers a long list of \"safety issues for review\" and \"lessons learned\" in the wake of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"safety issues\" include:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Risk analysis must be conducted and has to be considered prior to implementing a plan. Risks taken on the fireline must be commensurate with goals and objectives.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Actions taken on the fireline must have strategic or tactical value.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Firefighters should recognize the special hazards of working in steep terrain and diverse soil types specific to the incident they are working.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fireline supervisors need to initiate and maintain communications while maintaining accountability of their assigned resources.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Working alone on the fireline should be an anomaly, not the rule.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adjust strategy and tactics when the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/10_18/10_18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Standard Fire Orders\u003c/a> cannot be followed:\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n\u003cli>Fight fire aggressively, but provide for safety first.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Give clear instructions to personnel and ensure they are understood.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Post lookouts when there is possible danger.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor and adjoining forces.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maintain control of your crew at all times.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Employ risk management procedures when any one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/10_18/10_18.html\">18 situations that shout “watch out”\u003c/a> are identified:\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n\u003cli>Working in country you have not seen in daylight.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No communications link with crew members or supervisor.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Instructions and/or assignments are not clear.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\"Incidental lessons learned\" include:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Steep fill slopes can fail under the weight of equipment. The first three near misses were indicators of the potential for roadway failure.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/lces/lces.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LCES concept\u003c/a> (lookout, communications, escape routes) is not limited to fire suppression. LCES can be applicable during high-risk activities and should be appropriately utilized.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lookouts must be empowered to cease operations when unsafe activities are observed to share the observations, express concerns with the resource(s), and mitigate as appropriate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Modern equipment can exceed the limits of safe fire ground operations and may cause personnel to push too far.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use the IRPG (\u003ca href=\"https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pms461.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Incident Response Pocket Guide\u003c/a>) risk management process to mitigate hazards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Establish decision points to disengage and re-engage the incident and make them known.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ensure effective communications are in place before beginning any assignment.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Varney is one of two firefighters killed in the Ferguson Fire and among four firefighters who lost their lives battling large blazes in California in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Hughes\u003c/a>, a member of the Arrowheads Hotshots Interagency unit, died Sunday morning while conducting a tactical firing operation on the east side of the Ferguson blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Thursday, 81-year-old Don Ray Smith, a contract bulldozer operator, was killed in Redding helping firefighters battle the Carr Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Redding firefighter Jeremy Stoke also died.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In preliminary report on the death of bulldozer operator Braden Varney, Cal Fire points to possible missteps. 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At 3 a.m., after traveling about 2 miles from the transport vehicle, Varney sent the swamper back to get a replacement for a hydraulic line that had developed a minor leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Green Sheet says that the swamper's last contact with Varney was at 4:30 a.m., when the two talked by radio about where to find the keys needed to retrieve the spare part. The swamper then left the area to pick up the bulldozer's relief operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated attempts after that to raise Varney by radio failed. Cal Fire personnel knew nothing more about his whereabouts until 8:47 a.m., when a firefighting pilot who had been asked to look for Varney spotted his bulldozer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The machine had tumbled more than 220 vertical feet down a slope with an average grade of 75 percent. (By comparison, the steepest streets in San Francisco are said to have a maximum grade of 31 percent, meaning they rise 31 vertical feet in 100 horizontal feet.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683935\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-800x582.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-1020x742.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-1200x873.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-1180x859.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-960x699.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-240x175.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-375x273.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/dozer2-1-520x378.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of site where a Cal Fire bulldozer crashed down a steep slope above the South Fork of the Merced River during early hours of the Ferguson Fire. The bulldozer, visible as a small patch of white at lower left, crashed 220 vertical feet from the steep jeep trail above. Cal Fire dozer operator Braden Varney was killed in the incident. \u003ccite>(Cal Fire/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The swamper reached the scene shortly after 9 a.m., worked his way down to the dozer and found Varney trapped in the machine, dead. Varney, whom Mariposa County coroner's officials say suffered crush injuries to the neck and chest, was not extricated from the dozer until two days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire’s subsequent investigation found that Varney veered off the trail three times -- the Green Sheet calls these “slips” and “near misses” -- in less than 600 feet before his fatal plunge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first near miss revealed Dozer 1 (Varney’s bulldozer) had completely left the trail, before climbing back up and continuing down the trail,\" the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report offers a long list of \"safety issues for review\" and \"lessons learned\" in the wake of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"safety issues\" include:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Risk analysis must be conducted and has to be considered prior to implementing a plan. Risks taken on the fireline must be commensurate with goals and objectives.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Actions taken on the fireline must have strategic or tactical value.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Firefighters should recognize the special hazards of working in steep terrain and diverse soil types specific to the incident they are working.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fireline supervisors need to initiate and maintain communications while maintaining accountability of their assigned resources.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Working alone on the fireline should be an anomaly, not the rule.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adjust strategy and tactics when the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/10_18/10_18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Standard Fire Orders\u003c/a> cannot be followed:\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n\u003cli>Fight fire aggressively, but provide for safety first.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Give clear instructions to personnel and ensure they are understood.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Post lookouts when there is possible danger.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor and adjoining forces.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Maintain control of your crew at all times.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Employ risk management procedures when any one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/10_18/10_18.html\">18 situations that shout “watch out”\u003c/a> are identified:\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n\u003cli>Working in country you have not seen in daylight.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No communications link with crew members or supervisor.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Instructions and/or assignments are not clear.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\"Incidental lessons learned\" include:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Steep fill slopes can fail under the weight of equipment. The first three near misses were indicators of the potential for roadway failure.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.fed.us/fire/safety/lces/lces.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LCES concept\u003c/a> (lookout, communications, escape routes) is not limited to fire suppression. LCES can be applicable during high-risk activities and should be appropriately utilized.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lookouts must be empowered to cease operations when unsafe activities are observed to share the observations, express concerns with the resource(s), and mitigate as appropriate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Modern equipment can exceed the limits of safe fire ground operations and may cause personnel to push too far.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use the IRPG (\u003ca href=\"https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pms461.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Incident Response Pocket Guide\u003c/a>) risk management process to mitigate hazards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Establish decision points to disengage and re-engage the incident and make them known.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ensure effective communications are in place before beginning any assignment.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Varney is one of two firefighters killed in the Ferguson Fire and among four firefighters who lost their lives battling large blazes in California in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Hughes\u003c/a>, a member of the Arrowheads Hotshots Interagency unit, died Sunday morning while conducting a tactical firing operation on the east side of the Ferguson blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Thursday, 81-year-old Don Ray Smith, a contract bulldozer operator, was killed in Redding helping firefighters battle the Carr Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Redding firefighter Jeremy Stoke also died.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11683753/cal-fire-incident-report-on-death-of-dozer-operator-braden-varney","authors":["258","222"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_6383","news_24620","news_24284","news_19542","news_23723","news_23831"],"featImg":"news_11684260","label":"news_72"},"news_11683600":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11683600","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11683600","score":null,"sort":[1532909577000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite","title":"Second Firefighter Killed Battling Wildfire Near Yosemite","publishDate":1532909577,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A second firefighter has died battling the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ferguson-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning just miles from Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683612\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-800x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-160x240.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-240x360.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-375x563.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-520x780.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Brian Hughes with the Arrowhead Hotshots was killed on Sunday after being struck by a tree. \u003ccite>(Brad Torchia/National Parks Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks officials, 33-year-old Brian Hughes died after being struck by a tree. They say he was treated on scene, but died before he could be taken to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The team at Sequoia and Kings National Parks is devastated by this terrible news,” said parks superintendent Woody Smeck in a statement. “Our deepest condolences go out to the firefighter’s family and loved ones. We grieve this loss with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hughes and his crew were engaged in a tactical firing operation on the east side of the wildfire at the time of the incident. According to the statement, they were working in an area \"with a large amount of tree mortality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hughes was originally from Hilo, Hawaii and served as captain of the elite Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.sequoiaparksconservancy.org/captainbrianhughes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official memorial website\u003c/a>\u003cb>\u003c/b> has been established in honor of Captain Hughes where the public can learn about his upcoming memorial services and where to send condolence letters or contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident marks the second firefighter death due the Ferguson Fire since it ignited on July 13. Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680606/firefighter-killed-fighting-blaze-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died battling the blaze\u003c/a> on July 14 after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive wildland blaze has forced Yosemite National Park officials to shut down a large portion of the park, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highly-trafficked Yosemite Valley\u003c/a>. Officials say they plan to reopen the valley to visitors on Friday afternoon. The Wawona and Mariposa Grove areas of the park will remain closed until further notice in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Sunday afternoon, the Ferguson Fire had \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scorched 53,646 acres \u003c/a>and is 30 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated to include the identity of, and more information about, Brian Hughes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"According to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks officials, 33-year-old Brian Hughes died after being struck by a tree.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1533232309,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":346},"headData":{"title":"Second Firefighter Killed Battling Wildfire Near Yosemite | KQED","description":"According to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks officials, 33-year-old Brian Hughes died after being struck by a tree.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Second Firefighter Killed Battling Wildfire Near Yosemite","datePublished":"2018-07-30T00:12:57.000Z","dateModified":"2018-08-02T17:51:49.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11683600 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11683600","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/07/29/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite/","disqusTitle":"Second Firefighter Killed Battling Wildfire Near Yosemite","path":"/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A second firefighter has died battling the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ferguson-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning just miles from Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683612\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-800x1200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-160x240.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-240x360.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-375x563.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Brian-Hughes-520x780.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Brian Hughes with the Arrowhead Hotshots was killed on Sunday after being struck by a tree. \u003ccite>(Brad Torchia/National Parks Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks officials, 33-year-old Brian Hughes died after being struck by a tree. They say he was treated on scene, but died before he could be taken to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The team at Sequoia and Kings National Parks is devastated by this terrible news,” said parks superintendent Woody Smeck in a statement. “Our deepest condolences go out to the firefighter’s family and loved ones. We grieve this loss with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hughes and his crew were engaged in a tactical firing operation on the east side of the wildfire at the time of the incident. According to the statement, they were working in an area \"with a large amount of tree mortality.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hughes was originally from Hilo, Hawaii and served as captain of the elite Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.sequoiaparksconservancy.org/captainbrianhughes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official memorial website\u003c/a>\u003cb>\u003c/b> has been established in honor of Captain Hughes where the public can learn about his upcoming memorial services and where to send condolence letters or contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident marks the second firefighter death due the Ferguson Fire since it ignited on July 13. Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680606/firefighter-killed-fighting-blaze-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died battling the blaze\u003c/a> on July 14 after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive wildland blaze has forced Yosemite National Park officials to shut down a large portion of the park, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highly-trafficked Yosemite Valley\u003c/a>. Officials say they plan to reopen the valley to visitors on Friday afternoon. The Wawona and Mariposa Grove areas of the park will remain closed until further notice in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Sunday afternoon, the Ferguson Fire had \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scorched 53,646 acres \u003c/a>and is 30 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated to include the identity of, and more information about, Brian Hughes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11683600/second-firefighter-killed-battling-wildfire-near-yosemite","authors":["11258","11526"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_23723","news_23826"],"featImg":"news_11683605","label":"news_72"},"news_11682559":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11682559","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11682559","score":null,"sort":[1532619034000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire","title":"Yosemite Valley Officially Closed Due to Growing Ferguson Fire","publishDate":1532619034,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>The Ferguson Fire burning near Yosemite National Park has now grown to 45,911 acres as of this morning and is 29% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:36 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Now in its 14th day, the Ferguson Fire grew by 1,723 acres overnight to a total of 43,299 acres and is 27 percent contained, according to a report by Cal Fire \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180626-090351-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released this morning.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, Cal Fire and Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will present an overview of the current situation at two upcoming community meetings. The first is at the Mariposa Fairgrounds in Mariposa today at 6 p.m. and the second is at the Tenaya Elementary School in Groveland tomorrow at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:05 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> A massive wildfire that's forced Yosemite National Park officials to shut down Yosemite Valley grew by more than 3,000 acres on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has now scorched 41,576 acres of dry brush and timber along rough terrain, according to Cal Fire. As of Wednesday evening, the blaze is 26 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say hot and dry conditions fueled the wildfire during the day, forcing local officials to issue multiple new evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite officials closed off Yosemite Valley and the Wawona area of the park to all visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say firefighters were able to improve containment lines around the Wawona Campground during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park Superintendent Michael Reynolds on Wednesday issued \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180625-195803-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire restrictions\u003c/a> until further notice due to high fire danger within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of structures threatened by the fire grew by more than 1,700 to 5,236 on Wednesday. Fire officials say the blaze has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3,600 personnel are battling the wildfire with 241 engines, 47 water tenders, 18 helicopters and 63 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Difficult conditions are expected to continue for firefighters on Thursday, with temperatures likely reaching into the triple digits again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 2:20 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>A large portion of Yosemite National Park — including Yosemite Valley — was officially closed to visitors on Wednesday due to the massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> burning just miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park spokesman Scott Gediman said Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular area in the park, known for its sweeping views of cascading waterfalls and massive rock formations — was closed mainly because of poor air quality due to smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut down the Wawona area, near the southern end of the park, in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say a significant shift in wind patterns Tuesday night caused an increase in fire activity along the fire's southern end, forcing local authorities to issue multiple new mandatory evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the vast majority of disappointed visitors have taken the evacuation orders seriously and left the closed portions of the park before noon, Gediman said there's a chance some backcountry campers don't even know that parts of Yosemite are closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do have folks that are out on the hiking trails,\" he said. \"And there is a possibility that if folks have been out for a week or so, they may not even know what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman said park officials will not be sending rangers out to look for campers who may not be aware of the evacuations, but they are notifying visitors who haven't yet started their backcountry trips that there are significant closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect the evacuations to have a significant impact on park revenue, with losses from entrance fees, campground reservations and concessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not only are we a big economic driver here in the park, but a lot of the surround communities rely heavily on park visitation,\" Gediman said. \"We're working closely with the tourism bureaus and chambers of commerce to mitigate it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman couldn't offer an exact figure for how much money would be lost, but he did say the fact that the evacuations come at the peak of tourist season is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018. \u003ccite>(NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"On a typical summer day like today, we'd have over 300 campsites full of campers,\" he said. \"We'd have all the hotels and lodges full, restaurants, tours, ranger walks. So given the fact that none of that's happening is both an economic impact and an impact to the visitors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire, currently burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has scorched through 38,522 acres — or just over 60 square miles — of dry brush and timber along steep terrain. As of early Wednesday afternoon, the blaze is 25 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to fire officials, the wildfire is burning 1.5-2 miles from Yosemite's western boundary. Firefighters are doing some controlled burns closer to the park in order to prevent the fire from spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest Service spokesman Jim Mackensen said crews plan to begin controlled burning operations within the park boundaries at some point soon. As part of the process, Mackensen said, firefighters are working closely with wildlife experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED's Coverage of the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681900/deadly-wildfire-inches-closer-to-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite as Firefighters Mourn Fallen Comrade\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Smoke Continues to Impact Health, Travel in and Around Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"They're actually out there with our guys,\" he said. \"When we're cutting line with the bulldozers, they're out in front of the bulldozers looking for signs, looking for species, flagging those things. And we adjust our lines in our operations in order to protect those cultural heritages and endangered species and so forth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect temperatures to reach into the triple digits Wednesday and Thursday, making conditions extremely difficult for firefighters working on the front line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is potential today, with the weather conditions, for some significant fire spread,\" Mackensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home. As of Wednesday afternoon, nearly 3,500 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Officials expect the evacuations to have a significant impact on park revenue, with losses from entrance fees, campground reservations and concessions.\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1532708285,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1123},"headData":{"title":"Yosemite Valley Officially Closed Due to Growing Ferguson Fire | KQED","description":"Officials expect the evacuations to have a significant impact on park revenue, with losses from entrance fees, campground reservations and concessions.\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Yosemite Valley Officially Closed Due to Growing Ferguson Fire","datePublished":"2018-07-26T15:30:34.000Z","dateModified":"2018-07-27T16:18:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11682559 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11682559","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/07/26/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire/","disqusTitle":"Yosemite Valley Officially Closed Due to Growing Ferguson Fire","path":"/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>The Ferguson Fire burning near Yosemite National Park has now grown to 45,911 acres as of this morning and is 29% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:36 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Now in its 14th day, the Ferguson Fire grew by 1,723 acres overnight to a total of 43,299 acres and is 27 percent contained, according to a report by Cal Fire \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180626-090351-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released this morning.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, Cal Fire and Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will present an overview of the current situation at two upcoming community meetings. The first is at the Mariposa Fairgrounds in Mariposa today at 6 p.m. and the second is at the Tenaya Elementary School in Groveland tomorrow at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:05 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> A massive wildfire that's forced Yosemite National Park officials to shut down Yosemite Valley grew by more than 3,000 acres on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has now scorched 41,576 acres of dry brush and timber along rough terrain, according to Cal Fire. As of Wednesday evening, the blaze is 26 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say hot and dry conditions fueled the wildfire during the day, forcing local officials to issue multiple new evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite officials closed off Yosemite Valley and the Wawona area of the park to all visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say firefighters were able to improve containment lines around the Wawona Campground during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park Superintendent Michael Reynolds on Wednesday issued \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASNF/2018-07-14-1535-FERGUSON-FIRE/related_files/pict20180625-195803-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire restrictions\u003c/a> until further notice due to high fire danger within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of structures threatened by the fire grew by more than 1,700 to 5,236 on Wednesday. Fire officials say the blaze has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 3,600 personnel are battling the wildfire with 241 engines, 47 water tenders, 18 helicopters and 63 dozers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Difficult conditions are expected to continue for firefighters on Thursday, with temperatures likely reaching into the triple digits again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 2:20 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>A large portion of Yosemite National Park — including Yosemite Valley — was officially closed to visitors on Wednesday due to the massive \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a> burning just miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park spokesman Scott Gediman said Yosemite Valley — by far the most popular area in the park, known for its sweeping views of cascading waterfalls and massive rock formations — was closed mainly because of poor air quality due to smoke from the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut down the Wawona area, near the southern end of the park, in order to house firefighting operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials say a significant shift in wind patterns Tuesday night caused an increase in fire activity along the fire's southern end, forcing local authorities to issue multiple new mandatory evacuation orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the vast majority of disappointed visitors have taken the evacuation orders seriously and left the closed portions of the park before noon, Gediman said there's a chance some backcountry campers don't even know that parts of Yosemite are closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do have folks that are out on the hiking trails,\" he said. \"And there is a possibility that if folks have been out for a week or so, they may not even know what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman said park officials will not be sending rangers out to look for campers who may not be aware of the evacuations, but they are notifying visitors who haven't yet started their backcountry trips that there are significant closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect the evacuations to have a significant impact on park revenue, with losses from entrance fees, campground reservations and concessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not only are we a big economic driver here in the park, but a lot of the surround communities rely heavily on park visitation,\" Gediman said. \"We're working closely with the tourism bureaus and chambers of commerce to mitigate it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gediman couldn't offer an exact figure for how much money would be lost, but he did say the fact that the evacuations come at the peak of tourist season is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682581\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/SmokyLodge-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal, Yosemite National Park, on July 21, 2018. \u003ccite>(NOAH BERGER/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"On a typical summer day like today, we'd have over 300 campsites full of campers,\" he said. \"We'd have all the hotels and lodges full, restaurants, tours, ranger walks. So given the fact that none of that's happening is both an economic impact and an impact to the visitors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ferguson Fire, currently burning in the Sierra and Stanislaus national forests, has scorched through 38,522 acres — or just over 60 square miles — of dry brush and timber along steep terrain. As of early Wednesday afternoon, the blaze is 25 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to fire officials, the wildfire is burning 1.5-2 miles from Yosemite's western boundary. Firefighters are doing some controlled burns closer to the park in order to prevent the fire from spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest Service spokesman Jim Mackensen said crews plan to begin controlled burning operations within the park boundaries at some point soon. As part of the process, Mackensen said, firefighters are working closely with wildlife experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED's Coverage of the Ferguson Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11681900/deadly-wildfire-inches-closer-to-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire Continues to Grow Near Yosemite as Firefighters Mourn Fallen Comrade\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680988/wildfire-smoke-continues-to-impact-health-travel-in-and-around-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildfire Smoke Continues to Impact Health, Travel in and Around Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"They're actually out there with our guys,\" he said. \"When we're cutting line with the bulldozers, they're out in front of the bulldozers looking for signs, looking for species, flagging those things. And we adjust our lines in our operations in order to protect those cultural heritages and endangered species and so forth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials expect temperatures to reach into the triple digits Wednesday and Thursday, making conditions extremely difficult for firefighters working on the front line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is potential today, with the weather conditions, for some significant fire spread,\" Mackensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter has been killed and seven have been injured fighting the blaze. The fallen firefighter — 36-year-old Braden Varney — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680746/cal-osha-launches-investigation-into-firefighter-death-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed on July 14\u003c/a> after his bulldozer overturned in a steep ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire has destroyed one structure that wasn't a home. As of Wednesday afternoon, nearly 3,500 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11682559/yosemite-valley-officially-closed-due-to-growing-ferguson-fire","authors":["11258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_6383","news_19542","news_23723","news_23783","news_23759","news_17041","news_4463","news_17603","news_4746"],"featImg":"news_11682548","label":"news_72"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. 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