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Firefighters from throughout California are being dispatched to protect homes that are under threat from a wildfire burning in the foothills near Yosemite National Park. Fire officials said on Tuesday morning that the blaze in Madera County had destroyed eight …

Firefighters were racing to control a wildfire that threatened more than 500 homes in central California before hotter, drier weather sets in later in the week. By later Sunday, the fire had burned through 3.1 square miles (8 sq. kilometers) …