A wildfire that erupted in California on Friday expanded ferociously over the weekend, amid scorching temperatures and tinder-dry conditions, consuming nearly 17,000 acres by Monday. The fast-moving Oak Fire, burning west of Yosemite National Park, has forced thousands of residents to evacuate the area. The blaze, California’s biggest wildfire this year, remains only 10 percent contained, as more than 2,500 firefighters work to slow its progress.
Scenes From California’s Fast-Moving Oak Fire
- Alan Taylor
- July 25, 2022
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Read moreFlames engulf a chair and table inside a burning home as the Oak Fire burns in Mariposa County, California, on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreAn air tanker drops retardant while trying to stop the Oak Fire from progressing in Mariposa County, California, on July 24, 2022 #
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Read moreFlames from the Oak Fire consume a home on Triangle Road in Mariposa County on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreFirefighters take a break while they work to extinguish the Oak Fire near Darrah, California, on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreSmoke spreads in the sky above as the Oak Fire chews through the forest near Midpines, California, on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreFlames of the Oak Fire creep into a meadow where cattle are grazing, near Midpines, on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreAn orbital view from the International Space Station of the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park, taken from above Yosemite Valley, California, on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreFire burns near a Smokey the Bear fire warning sign as the Oak Fire burns through the area on July 24, 2022, near Jerseydale, California. #
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Read moreA firefighting helicopter passes in front of the setting sun while fighting the Oak Fire near Mariposa on July 24, 2022. #
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Read moreFirefighters help a man from his car, seen at right, after he crashed into a ditch while driving away from the Oak Fire in Mariposa County on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreFlames leap from trees as the Oak Fire crosses Darrah Road in Mariposa County on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreA forest is scorched by the Oak Fire near Midpines on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreFirefighter Joanna Jimenez holds a dog she found wandering in a fire evacuation zone as the Oak Fire burns in Mariposa County on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreIn Mariposa County, flames from the Oak Fire consume a home on Triangle Road on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreThe Oak Fire burns in Darrah, California, on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreThe Oak Fire burns near Mariposa, seen on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreA bird flies as a firefighting aircraft drops flame retardant on a hillside to control the Oak Fire in Mariposa County on July 24, 2022. #
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Read moreCal Fire firefighters battle the Oak Fire on July 23, 2022, near Mariposa. #
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Read moreA view from an aircraft above the Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park, seen on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreAllison Baggett watches the Oak Fire burn close to her Mariposa home, before evacuating, on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreFirefighters look on as the Oak Fire burns in Darrah on July 22, 2022. #
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Read moreThe Oak Fire burns through trees near Midpines, northeast of Mariposa, on July 23, 2022. #
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Read moreAn air tanker flies past flames while battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County on July 24, 2022. #
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