Fire officials are hoping to have a 562-acre wildfire outside Mariposa fully controlled this morning. At noon yesterday, fire crews started getting sent home. There are now about 516 people fighting the blaze. Two firefighters have been treated for heat exhaustion. There have been no other injuries and no structures were threatened. Mariposa is about 30 miles west of Yosemite.
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