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Wildfires Near Fresno Rip Valley Foothills and Displace Residents

Three blazes have charred 7,000 acres and prompted evacuations. A shelter has opened at a college in Reedley, east of Fresno.
Wildfires Near Fresno Rip Valley Foothills and Displace Residents
The Flash fire lights up Bear Mountain in Yokuts Valley, California, on June 25, 2024. Summer Lane/The Epoch Times
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Smoke engulfed the Fresno County foothills as multiple wildfires burned uncontained this week, ripping through thousands of acres and displacing Yokuts Valley residents just outside Kings Canyon National Park.

The fires were started by lightning strikes on June 24 and have become known as the Fresno June Lightning Complex fires, which include the Flash, Bolt, and Hog fires.

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