A vegetation fire burning near the Cholame Y close to the San Luis Obispo County line blackened thousands of acres and forced a partial closure of Highway 46 East on Saturday.
Antelope Fire explodes in size
Update, 8:30 p.m.
The fire has grown to 2,091 acres and is now impacting Highway 41 toward Fresno, according to Incident Command.
The CHP closed northbound Highway 41 for at least two hours…