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Progress reported on 2 California wildfires

By FENIT NIRAPPILSUDHIN THANAWALA
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Progress reported on 2 California wildfires

SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews have gained ground on two of the largest wildfires in California, lifting evacuation orders for about half the homes in the path of a blaze in Yosemite National Park and redeploying firefighters battling another fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Sacramento.

The fire in the foothills, which forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes, was 85 percent contained Tuesday after burning 6 ½ square miles.

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