Northern California Fire Brought Under Control

Firefighters contained a Northern California fire Sunday that destroyed 14 homes and burned through 2,300 acres of oak trees, grass and brush.

In Utah, firefighters made slow progress against several lightning-sparked wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres, mostly in the central part of the state.

The Mariposa County fire in California was 85 percent contained and fire officials were expecting full containment by late Monday.

The roughly 100 families evacuated from the base of Wildcat Mountain had returned home.

The fire burned to within five miles of “the meat of the Sierra National Forest,” and was another few miles away from Yosemite National Park, said California Department of Forestry spokesman Kirk Mathew.