RIM FIRE Now 6th Largest in Calif. History
Posted by feww on August 29, 2013
RIM FIRE spreads to 192,466 acres
The massive blaze grew by an estimated 5,000 acres since this morning to a total of at least 192,466 acres (300mi², or 779km²), climbing to the 6th position on the Top 20 chart of largest California wildfires.
Burning mainly in Stanislaus National Forest, the ferocious fire has also devoured about 45,000 acres of Yosemite National Park.
The monster blaze has surrounded Cherry Lake and Lake Eleanor, a part of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir system in the northwestern backcountry of Yosemite National Park, reached the southern edge of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir late Tuesday, and is now spreading on the western side of the lake.
YNP officials closed Tioga Road, a second key route into the park on Wednesday, which “will limit the access for visitors to and from the east side of the park, quite possibly over Labor Day weekend, which will have a significant economic impact on the area and [be] an inconvenience for visitors,” said a park official.
Some 4,537 personnel have reportedly contained about 30 percent of the fire.
RIM FIRE – fire activity on the South Flank. Photo credit: USFS/Mike McMillan
Links and Background Information
- RIM FIRE Reaches Hetch Hetchy Reservoir August 28, 2013
- RIM FIRE Balloons to 288mi² August 28, 2013
- RIM FIRE Spreads to about 180,000 Acres August 27, 2013
- RIM FIRE Raining Ash on Key SF Reservoir August 27, 2013
- RIM FIRE continues to grow; burns 23mi² in YNP August 26, 2013
- RIM FIRE Forces New Closures at Yosemite National Park August 25, 2013
- State of Emergency Declared for SF due to RIM FIRE August 24, 2013
- RIM FIRE Crosses into Yosemite National Park August 24, 2013
- State of Emergency Declared as Calif. Wildfire Explodes August 23, 2013
- Large Wildfires in the West Burn Homes, Force More Evacuations August 21, 2013
- State of Emergency Declared in 31 Montana Counties due to Wildfires August 20, 2013
- Beaver Creek Fire Consumes 100,000 acres
- “Take Your Essentials Belongings and Pets and GO NOW” August 18, 2013
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