U.S. Forest Service firefighters are now heading to the Camp Clavey area near Long Barn. The fire was first reported to be in the area east of Dodge Meadows in Tuolumne County, The wildfire, reported shortly after 2 p.m. today is now said to be closer to Clavey Meadow off of Forest Road 3N01.
The fire is said to be about 1/2 acre in size. No other details are known about this new fire at this time.
Fire crews were close to containment of the Yosemite Jct. fire along Highway 108 west of Jamestown, but now say the fire has jumped across the highway and has blacken another 1 acre.
The highway in that area has been closed because of this fire. CHP expects the roadway to reopen soon.
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