Section of a Visalia park to be closed

TULARE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A conception of Mooney Grove Park successful Visalia volition beryllium closed until further announcement owed to the Coffeepot Fire, according to officials with Tulare County Parks.

Officials with Tulare County Parks accidental they are collaborating with the National Park Services Incident Response Team by utilizing the parkland arsenic the staging tract to combat the Coffeepot occurrence successful Sequoia National Park.

The Coffeepot occurrence started connected Aug. 3. As of Monday morning, the occurrence is burning 869 acres, according to Cal Fire. The occurrence is 8 miles eastbound of Three Rivers.

Cal Fire says the occurrence was caused by lightning.