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The historic Gold Rush town of Mariposa was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after the Detwiler Fire expanded to 25,000 acres. The town of around 2,000 people located just west of Yosemite National Park is in the path of the flames approaching from the north. Evacuations orders are also in place for Mt. Bullion, Main Street in Coulterville and Hornitos. Officials with CalFire said the blaze exhibited “extreme fire behavior” in hot, dry conditions. The fire began Sunday afternoon near Lake McClure. A CalFire spokesperson told Valley Public Radio’s Ezra David Romero Tuesday that the terrain and the legacy of California’s drought contributed to the fire’s rapid advance. “The reason they say this fire has grown so large is because of elevation. It’s not like it’s high alpine forest. It’s this rolling hills, and sometimes really steep foothills with all these dead oak trees from the drought,” said Romero. Firefighters from across the state were brought in to battle the blaze, using everything
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