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Updated 8/30/11 at 3:40PM

Highway 140 has reopened but there is still slow due to ongoing one way traffic from slide repairs.  The fire is still ongoing.  Closed campgrounds have  reopened  and evacuated residents have been allowed to return. Read update at Reuters  Evacuations lifted, road reopened near Yosemite fire

California Department of Transportation report as of Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 15:32 .

SR 140
[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]
VEHICLES OVER 45 FEET ARE PROHIBITED & 1-WAY CONTROLLED TRAFFIC FOR ALL
OTHER VEHICLES 20 MI EAST OF MARIPOSA (MARIPOSA CO) 24 HRS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK
– DUE TO SLIDE REPAIRS

Older articles:

• Steady progress in fighting blaze outside Yosemite
• About 100 evacuated as fire burns outside Yosemite new article today (8/28/11) on fire from Associated Press.  More evacuations possible. Yosemite park reports no significant smoke in valley.