Friday, August 23, 2013

Rim Fire now over 100,000 acres?

photo courtesy usfs

  UPDATE: At 6 AM it was made official that the Rim Fire is now within the boundaries of Yosemite National Park and within 2 miles of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.

  UPDATE: At 5:30 AM it was made officials that this fire is now 105,000 acres with only 1% containment.


 August 23, 2013 at 5:15 AM:  According to the USFS website as of last night the Rim Fire was 63,000 acres. But according to Channel 3 NBC News at 5 AM, an official has reported  that it is actually over 100,000 acres now.

  One resident of Angels Camp reported seeing large tanker planes heading to Tuolumne County from Sacramento to assist.in getting control of this fire.

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