News Release

Fire investigation underway in Yosemite National Park

A nighttime image of a smoldering fire in the Ahwahnee Meadow of Yosemite National Park, and a daytime image of a burned area in the Ahwahnee Meadow in Yosemite National Park. NPS photos.
Left: fire burning in Ahwahnee Meadow at night. Right: smoldering burned area in Ahwahnee Meadow. Yosemite National Park.

NPS photos.

News Release Date: July 16, 2020

Contact: Tip Line, 888-653-0009

National Park Service (NPS) firefighters and investigators are asking for the public's help to identify those responsible for igniting a wildfire in Ahwahnee Meadow on the night of July 15, 2020 in Yosemite National Park. The fire was extinguished and is believed to be human-caused. 

US Park Rangers and firefighters of Yosemite National Park have investigated seven human-caused widlfires in the park in 2020. 

If you or someone you know were in or near Ahwahnee Meadow after sunset on July 15, please contact us. Your information could help investigators. You don't have to tell us who you are, but please tell us what you know:

Call or TEXT the ISB Tip Line: 888-653-0009

ONLINE www.nps.gov/ISB > "Submit a Tip"

EMAIL nps_isb@nps.gov

EMERGENCY dial 9-1-1

 

ISB: the Investigative Services Branch of the National Park Service
www.nps.gov/ISB

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Last updated: July 16, 2020

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