Dozens of visitors to Yosemite National Park were rescued by helicopter because of a wildfire at the park that has consumed hundreds of acres.
The fire continues to burn:
Clouds. Send more, please. Yosemite fire could use a little help. pic.twitter.com/OVVX12zISJ
— Debra Salonen (@DebSalonen) September 8, 2014
Helicopters rescue hikers amid Yosemite fire. Blaze spreads near popular part of park: http://t.co/216nIEWdsP pic.twitter.com/2yXl4k5Z8B
— KY3 News (@kytv) September 8, 2014
#MeadowFire in Yosemite National Park grows to 700-plus acres, closes multiple trails http://t.co/ftS5sHZGGh pic.twitter.com/bcyP0tbOzk
— Marc Martin (@latpix) September 8, 2014
Hikers evacuated as Yosemite fire grows to 700 acres: http://t.co/089OdSheLh pic.twitter.com/dAHWyvrFTx
— ABC News (@ABC) September 8, 2014
View this morning of the smoke from the #meadowfire near Half Dome in Yosemite pic.twitter.com/xfcunqPkmg
— Rob Carlmark (@rcarlmark) September 8, 2014
Photograph of the #MeadowFire in #Yosemite at about 8:45 p.m. yesterday from Washburn Pt.: #yosemitefire pic.twitter.com/urKCE2ZoCV
— Michael Frye (@MFryePhoto) September 8, 2014
#MeadowFire at 700+ acres. Trail closures in effect http://t.co/VeN5eMo473 Photo: Paul DePascale pic.twitter.com/gXoFGdYUGp
— YubaNet (@YubaNet) September 8, 2014
Sky Crane over Little #Yosemite Valley, gives a sense of scale of the fire. It's covering a very large area. pic.twitter.com/Z4BRIBVYTF
— RichSeiling (@richseiling) September 8, 2014
Fire burning in #Yosemite National Park: http://t.co/rn7wf62t8r #TenNews 5pm pic.twitter.com/Ccd9esxBD8
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) September 8, 2014
The Meadow Fire is burning in the greater Little Yosemite Valley area and is at 400 acres. http://t.co/J876aFiey7 pic.twitter.com/NMTyI5HpAF
— Yosemite National Park (@YosemiteNPS) September 8, 2014
#MeadowFire in #Yosemite growing explosively.Extreme, plume-dominated fire behavior observed!#cawx #cafire #CADrought pic.twitter.com/Uac1KoDEX4
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) September 7, 2014
Hopefully assistance is on the way:
Showers to arrive over #MeadowFire in #Yosemite in moments. pic.twitter.com/wArLdW5Qu0
— Justin Sacher (@justinsacher) September 8, 2014
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