Map: French Fire burns up to edge of Mariposa

Much of the community of Mariposa was evacuated because of a wildfire that started Thursday evening.

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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 worked through the night to establish a fire line along the east side of the Sierra Nevada foothills community, CalFire said.

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. A 24-hour fire information line has been set up at (209) 742-1377.

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