California wildfires rage in Yosemite parkland, Sierra National Forest

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A long-exposure image shows the El Portal fire burning near Yosemite National Park on July 27. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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Tourists standing along California 41 watch the smoke of the El Portal fire at sunset July 28 in Yosemite National Park. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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Smoke from the El Portal fire casts a haze over the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park on July 27. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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A fire information board at the Glacier Point lookout in Yosemite National Park updates tourists on the El Portal fire and other nearby blazes at sunrise on July 28. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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The El Portal fire burns in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park on July 28. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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The El Portal fire burns in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park at dusk on July 28 as a firefighting aircraft flies overhead. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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A U.S. Forest Service fire engine drives down closed California 120 in Yosemite National Park on July 28. (Stuart Palley / EPA)

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More than 100 residents of El Portal, on the western edge of Yosemite National Park, listen during a July 28 meeting as officials talk about the fire burning nearby and the resulting evacuations in the community. (Mark Crosse / Associated Press)

By Veronica Rocha

July 29, 2014 11:13 AM PT

A fast-moving wildfire in Yosemite National Park has grown to about 3,000 acres, prompting officials to keep evacuations orders in place for the entire town of Foresta, Calif.

As of Tuesday, officials said the El Portal fire was only 19% contained and had destroyed a duplex. Two firefighters have sustained minor injuries battling the flames.

The fire began about 3:15 p.m. Saturday near Old El Portal, prompting evacuation orders there that have since been lifted.

FOR THE RECORD:
Yosemite fire: An article in the July 29 LATExtra section about a fire at Yosemite National Park said that stretches of California 120 were closed. In fact, highway 120 remains open across the Sierra Nevada. Big Oak Flat Road is closed from Crane Flat to El Portal Road. —

Strike teams have been assigned to El Portal in advance of the fire line where they are working to protect structures, officials said.

Big Oak Flat Road remained closed Tuesday as more than 600 fire personnel worked to contain the blaze.

Meanwhile, a roughly 2,000-acre blaze dubbed the French fire flared up Monday in Madera County, prompting new evacuation orders for the Mammoth Pool and Cascadel areas in Sierra National Forest.

The fire started about 5:45 a.m. in the area between Fish and Rock creek campgrounds in the San Joaquin River drainage.

Authorities planned to contact hunters, campers and other recreational visitors to the area, according to Madera County sheriff’s spokeswoman Erica Stuart.

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