For the past 10 days, firefighters in California
have been struggling to contain the Rim Fire, now one of the largest in
the state's history, as it blazes across the Stanislaus National Forest
and into Yosemite National Park. As of last night, the Rim Fire had
burned nearly 240 square miles, disrupted hydroelectric power supply to
San Francisco, and destroyed 23 structures. The fire is only 15 percent
contained and still threatens thousands of homes in the mountainous
region. [34 photos]
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A firefighter uses a hose to douse flames of the Rim Fire on a
hillside, on August 24, 2013 near Groveland, California. The Rim Fire
continues to burn out of control and threatens 4,500 homes outside of
Yosemite National Park. Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the blaze
that has entered a section of Yosemite National Park and is currently 7
percent contained. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire District monitors a back fire as
he battles the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 21, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
A firefighter from the Colorado based Long Canyon Fire Department
monitors a back fire while battling the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August
22, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
Fire consumes trees along US highway 120 as the Rim Fire burns out of control on August 21, 2013 in Groveland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
A smoky haze blankets Virginia Street looking south from the Reno,
Nevada, downtown casino strip near California Street as health district
officials raised an air quality alert to the "red" unhealthy level, on
August 23, 2013. The smoke from a massive wildfire burning 150 miles to
the south at Yosemite National Park prompted school officials to keep
children inside Friday in Carson City, Washoe and Douglas counties. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner) #
A bulldozer puts in a fire line as the Rim Fire burns in the background
near the border of Yosemite National Park, California, on August 23,
2013. (Reuters/Max Whittaker) #
A California Department of Forestry air tanker drops fire retardant on a
ridge ahead of the advancing Rim Fire near Groveland, on August 22,
2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
The Rim Fire burns along Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park, on
August 25, 2013. With winds gusting to 50 mph on Sierra mountain ridges
and flames jumping from treetop to treetop, hundreds of firefighters
have been deployed to protect this and other communities in the path of
fire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
Smoke from the Rim Fire lingers over the O'Shaughnessy Dam at Hetch
Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, on August 24, 2013. The
blaze has prompted California Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of
emergency for San Francisco due to damage to some of the lines and
stations that carry power to San Francisco. The Hetch Hetchy reservoir
also had to take two of its three hydroelectric power stations out of
service. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
A rabbit runs across the road as a firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire
District monitors a back fire as he battles the Rim Fire, on August 21,
2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
Inmate firefighters walk along Highway 120 as firefighters continue to
battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013.
Fire crews are clearing brush and setting sprinklers to protect two
groves of giant sequoias as a massive week-old wildfire rages along the
remote northwest edge of Yosemite National Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
Firefighter Charlie Ferris, of Los Angeles, watches a smoke plume from
the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) #
Emily Dobson, who says she had to evacuate her home in Groveland,
thanks firefighters fighting the Rim Fire near Jamestown, California, on
August 24, 2013. (Reuters/Max Whittaker) #
A Tuolumne County firefighter mops up hot spots from a back fire while
battling the Rim Fire at Camp Mather near Groveland, on August 23, 2013.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) #
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