A blaze erupted in California on Friday and quickly grew to 11,900 acres (4,800 hectares) in size as the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency for the Yosemite area.

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More than 2,000 people were fighting the Oak fire along with helicopters, other aircraft and bulldozers. The blaze blocked one of the main routes into Yosemite, where this month a stand of huge, ancient sequoias was threatened by a wildfire that began near the Washburn Trail. That fire burned 4,857 acres and is now about 80% contained. The Oak fire was already more than twice the size of the Washburn blaze

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