YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KFSN) -- As containment continues to grow on the Washburn Fire, the south entrance to Yosemite Valley on Highway 41 will re-open.

Yosemite National Park’s south entrance via Highway 41 reopened, but reservations via recreation.gov are still needed to get in. The “firefall” may start soon.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (KFSN) -- A California Highway Patrol officer is home and recovering after getting pinned between two vehicles. Officials say it happened at about 11 Sunday morning.

“At 1:10 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Yosemite National, or 16 miles north of Yosemite South Entrance, moving southwest at 5 mph,” states the NWS Hanford CA.

Glacier Point Road South of Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Road is closed, but not because of the fire. The road is undergoing an improvement project that started in April.

The southern entrance of Yosemite National Park is scheduled to reopen now that firefighters have made headway with containing the wildfire that was threatening the park's iconic sequoia trees ...

Despite one fire in the park and one to the west, rangers said Yosemite Valley is operating as usual. The park’s south entrance, Highway 41, is expected to reopen Saturday morning.

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James Otterman, from Virginia, left, takes park information after checking in at the south entrance as Yosemite National Park re-opens after a historic closure Thursday, June 11, 2020.