FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – Smoke from the Ferguson Fire is causing Yosemite National Park to close large sections of the park on Wednesday.
Yosemite National Park announces Yosemite Valley and Wawona will close at Noon, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, to all visitors due to the ongoing impacts of the Ferguson Fire.
These closures include all hotels, campgrounds, and visitor services in Yosemite Valley and Wawona.
Park visitors currently staying in park campgrounds and lodging facilities are asked to be out of these areas by Noon on Wednesday.
With the ongoing closure of Highway 140, park visitors can exit the park via Highways 120 and 41.
The temporary closure is expected to last until Sunday, July 29, 2018.
The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is closed.
Since the fire began on Friday, July 13, several other park facilities and roads have been closed due to fire impacts and the need to support firefighting operations.
These closures include:
- Glacier Point Road,
- Bridalveil Creek Campground
- Wawona Campground
- Merced Grove of Giant Sequoias and others.
Highways 120 West and East, and the Tuolumne Meadows area remain open at this time.
The park will continue to work with the Incident Management Team and assess conditions day by day.
For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200, press 1 and press 1 again.
Updated information is also available on the park’s website at www.nps.gov/yose.
More than 3,300 personnel are battling the blaze.
The Ferguson Fire is currently 36,587 acre, and 25-percent contained.
