Oak Fire in California threatens Yosemite as US faces heatwave

California firefighters on Monday were fighting to slow the spread of a major wildfire that was threatening to engulf parts of America's famous Yosemite National Park.

The Oak Fire in northern California, which comes as a record heatwave has settled over large parts of the US, expanded from 650 hectares to 4,845 hectares on Friday, local news site SFGate reported, and has grown to at least 8,000 hectares since then.

Its continued spread has made it the state's largest wildfire this year and has forced more than 3,000 people to flee.

Another wildfire in Yosemite earlier this month threatened the park's sequoia trees.

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