Overview
- The Dove Fire was reported in the Mill Villa area near Highway 108 and Stockton Road and had grown to about 50 acres by roughly 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, officials said.
- Tuolumne County issued mandatory evacuations for McKibbon Drive, Golden Dove Lane, Crooked Lane and other local roads and urged anyone who feels unsafe to leave without waiting for an order.
- Highway 108 is closed at Stockton Road and Stockton Road is closed at Woodside, disrupting local travel and access for emergency crews.
- Tuolumne County set up a temporary animal evacuation shelter at county animal control and arranged the Posse Grounds for large animals to help residents who are displaced.
- Hot temperatures and 15 to 20 mph wind gusts are complicating firefighting, and the blaze is being treated as a developing incident that could threaten nearby Yosemite gateway communities if it continues to spread.