'Couldn't even see the sun': Fire races near Yosemite park
 

MARIPOSA, Calif. - A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns and wafting smoky haze over the park's landmark Half Dome rock face. The 4-day-old blaze nearly doubled in size overnight from about 40 square miles (100 kilometres) to more than 70 square miles (180 square kilometres), the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

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