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Much of the community of Mariposa was evacuated because of a wildfire that started Thursday evening.
As of Friday morning, the French Fire was 843 acres (1.3 square miles) with 5% containment, said the Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The cause was under investigation.
The map above shows the approximate perimeter as a black line and the evacuation area in red.
Bulldozers and hand crews were working to establish a fire line along the east side of the Sierra Nevada foothills community.
Highway 140, a main route in and out of Yosemite National Park, was closed in the area.
For more details of the evacuation, including warning areas, see the Mariposa County emergency map.
Originally published at Bay Area News Group