California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Thursday as the Rim Fire near Yosemite Park continued spreading at a breathtaking pace. The fire in Tuolumne County has devoured 105,000 acres and is only 2 percent contained.
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/370792973891428352
NOW: #RimFire near Yosemite, CA triples in size
*105K acres, 2% contained
*Some evacuatedhttp://t.co/Q7xBYbqK6m pic.twitter.com/SeX14FIAOu— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) August 23, 2013
#RimFire doubles in size, spreads into #Yosemite NP. Updated map. http://t.co/UI8bPzhwVi #wildfire pic.twitter.com/nOiz6AYPXb
— Wildfire Today ? (@wildfiretoday) August 23, 2013
Hardworking firefighters at the #RimFire near #Yosemite. 64,000 acres burned so far. pic.twitter.com/DgWwqg9mbw
— Nannette Miranda ? (@NannetteNewz) August 23, 2013
Photo from Pine Mountain Lake of the #RimFire, taken by members of a strike team including #UCDFD CalEMA #364. pic.twitter.com/ghPKSrVLI6
— UC Davis Fire Dept. (@UCDavisFire) August 23, 2013
Another photo from Pine Mountain Lake of the #RimFire, taken by members of striketeam including #UCDFD #CalEMA 364. pic.twitter.com/RMP9d0DsDW
— UC Davis Fire Dept. (@UCDavisFire) August 23, 2013
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View from #rimoftheworld–#stanislaus #nationalforest-5 miles from #rimfire base camp pic.twitter.com/xD0YYRLQFL
— Cal OES (@Cal_OES) August 23, 2013
Photo of Rim Fire, west of Yosemite, made yesterday evening: tag: #RimFire #Yosemite pic.twitter.com/GocMoEeG3u
— Michael Frye (@MFryePhoto) August 22, 2013
Twitchy will monitor the spread of this fire and update as new details become available.
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