{"id":8600,"date":"2026-09-06T23:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:35:45","slug":"yosemite-road-reopens-in-time-for-labor-day-after-fire-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8600","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite road reopens in time for Labor Day after fire closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Highway 140 into Yosemite National Park has reopened Saturday after firefighters reported improving containment of the Colorado Fire.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8599\">Valkyries\u2019 Cecilia Zandalasini nearly leads Italy to upset U.S. at FIBA World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The road \u2013 one of the main routes into the park \u2013 had previously been closed after the wildfire broke out roughly 10 miles west of Yosemite National Park. By Wednesday, the fire had grown to 233 acres and over a hundred firefighters were deployed to the fire. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire was 73% contained.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for Yosemite National Park, which remains open.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8597\">Records reveal safety complaints, poor maintenance at site of deadly Washington pulp mill disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a Facebook post by CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit, fire crews are continuing to work on mop up and patrol around the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFire personnel and equipment remain throughout the area and near roadways, please use caution when driving,\u201d said the post.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8595\">Cal\u2019s deflating loss to UCLA: 3 things that doomed Bears, and 3 that provide hope<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire officials asked drivers to use caution after the road had previously been closed due to the Colorado Fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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