Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 59 minutes ago
The Oak Fire, burning near California’s Yosemite National Park, exploded in size the weekend of July 23–24, 2022 after igniting on Friday, July 22, and is now the largest fire in California so far this year. According to fire officials, the flames are moving extremely fast through the parched foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains fueled by a large amount of dried vegetation, a result of extended drought conditions.
The fire has currently consumed more than 18,800 acres and has destroyed 100 structures. So far, more than 6,000 residents have been evacuated. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, declared a State of Emergency for Mariposa County on Saturday, and air quality advisories were issued in the Bay Area due to heavy smoke.
Learn more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/californias-oak-fire-near-yosemite-spreads-rapidly
Credits:
NOAA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRA
Music:
“Perpetual Ocean,” by Bruce Haliday [PRS]; Freshworx; Universal Production Music
The Oak Fire, burning near California’s Yosemite National Park, exploded in size the weekend of July 23–24, 2022 after igniting on Friday, July 22, and is now the largest fire in California so far this year. According to fire officials, the flames are moving extremely fast through the parched foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains fueled by a large amount of dried vegetation, a result of extended drought conditions.
The fire has currently consumed more than 18,800 acres and has destroyed 100 structures. So far, more than 6,000 residents have been evacuated. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, declared a State of Emergency for Mariposa County on Saturday, and air quality advisories were issued in the Bay Area due to heavy smoke.
Learn more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/californias-oak-fire-near-yosemite-spreads-rapidly
Credits:
NOAA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRA
Music:
“Perpetual Ocean,” by Bruce Haliday [PRS]; Freshworx; Universal Production Music
