Yosemite Wildfire Prompts State of Emergency

Acts 2:19 And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

A wildfire at Yosemite National Park has tripled in size and is less than 2% contained according to local officials.

The fire is threatening 268 homes near Pine Mountain Lake and causing evacuations of entire neighborhoods. Sheriff deputies have gone door-to-door asking people to leave although the evacuation is not yet mandatory.

“We aren’t going to drag you out of your house,” Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Scott Johnson told Fox News, “but when we are standing in front of you telling you it’s an advisory, it’s time to go.”

The park is not yet closed but the fire has closed a four mile part of State Route 120 into the park.

Local business owners are panicking about the loss of tourism during one of the biggest seasons of the year.

“Usually during summer, it’s swamped with tourists, you can’t find parking downtown,” Christina Wilkinson, who runs social media for the town of Groveland, told Fox News. “Now, the streets are empty. All we see is firefighters, emergency personnel and fire trucks.”

“This fire, it’s killing our financial picture,” Corinna Loh, who owns the Iron Door Saloon and Grill, said to Fox News.

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