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Do we need a wildfire thread?
A wildfire in Tuolumne County has destroyed Chinese Camp. It's a small, historic mining community that many will have driven past on the way to Yosemite. We always enjoyed its quirky nature and older buildings. Chinese Camp wasn't a "restored town," it was a left-over town, and we liked that.
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A wildfire in Tuolumne County has destroyed Chinese Camp. It's a small, historic mining community that many will have driven past on the way to Yosemite. We always enjoyed its quirky nature and older buildings. Chinese Camp wasn't a "restored town," it was a left-over town, and we liked that.
Quick-moving wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes
A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment on Wednesday. The fire rapidly expanded to 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) in size, forcing the evacuation...