Yosemite National Park visitors will be prohibited from having campfires in some areas of the park starting Saturday to reduce the threat of sparking new wildfires.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park visitors will be prohibited from having campfires in some areas of the park starting Saturday to reduce the threat of sparking new wildfires at the park, where firefighters have been battling a blaze since last week, officials said.
Visitors won't be allowed to start campfires, cooking fires, and/or charcoal fires in areas that are below 8,000 feet in elevation unless they are in campgrounds accessible by car or in picnic areas in developed portions of the park, the National Park Service said in a statement Friday. Officials said visitors will be allowed to start fires in areas above 8,000 feet elevation but not above 9,600 feet elevation.
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