MARIPOSA, Calif. -- Firefighters were getting closer Saturday to containing a 53-square-mile wildfire that has destroyed more than 20 homes in the mountains outside Yosemite National Park.

Fire officials say the blaze was about 80 percent contained Saturday morning and all evacuation orders have been lifted.

The fire has destroyed 21 homes, forced the evacuation of 350 homes and left a smoky haze over the national park since it was sparked by a target shooter last week.

Firefighters were focused on building fire lines on the fire's north flank and don't expect the blaze to grow much more.

California is not even halfway through its fire season, but more acres have burned here this year than in any other.

"Typically we don't see wildland fires of this magnitude until much later in the season," said Alicia Herring, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. "But with the dry fuel conditions that we have throughout the state we could see similar situations arise again until we get a significant amount of rain."

More than 2,000 blazes have scorched 1,875 square miles in California already this year, as compared to the nearly 1,720 square miles that burnt in 2007, when blazes raged across Southern California.