Prescribed burns taking place inside Yosemite National Park

The burns will take place in Yosemite Valley along Southside Drive in Sentinel Meadow.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KFSN) -- Visitors to Yosemite may notice some smoke in the sky Wednesday evening.

It's from prescribed burns taking place in the national park.

The burns will take place in Yosemite Valley along Southside Drive in Sentinel Meadow.

That's just west of the Yosemite chapel.

They will start Wednesday night and continue Thursday morning.

Other fire operations will continue through Friday.
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