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Rim fire now the fourth-largest blaze in California history
2013-09-02 14:36:37| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Rim fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park became the fourth-largest blaze in California history as it grew to 348 square miles Sunday, officials said. More than 5,000 firefighters are battling the blaze, which began Aug. 17 and is 40% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service. A September 1932 fire in Ventura County that burned 343 square miles previously held the fourth-place spot, Cal Fire said. San Diego's 427-square-mile Cedar fire, which destroyed more than 2,800...
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Fire fighters 'fill their boots' for a good cause
2013-08-31 22:13:13| Grocery - Topix.net
New Hanover County Fire Rescue 'filled their boots' at several locations beginning Friday in an effort to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
National Park Service director gets firsthand look at the Rim fire
2013-08-31 22:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As the Rim fire has burned into Yosemite National Park and into the record books, it has been watched around the world. From Washington, D.C., National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis said he monitored the blaze's progress daily as flames threatened Sierra Nevada communities, ancient sequoia groves and the reservoir that holds San Francisco's water supply. On Saturday, he went to see the blaze firsthand. "This is a gnarly fire," Jarvis told firefighters at a morning briefing. "It's got high...
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Californian Rim fire heads towards Yosemite's famed sequoia trees
2013-08-31 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A massive wildfire that has charred the northwestern edge of California's Yosemite national park is heading towards two groves of the park's famed sequoia trees, the national park service director, Jonathan Jarvis, said as firefighters battled the blaze on Saturday. The so-called Rim fire, which now has an overall footprint that exceeds the area of Dallas, has burned about 6% of Yosemite's wilder backcountry but the vast majority of the park was still unaffected, Jarvis said. The sequoias are...
Rim Fire Spares Some Camps, Reaches 32 Percent Containment
2013-08-31 07:43:20| IT Services - Topix.net
Photo of Rim Fire firefight courtesy of SSgt Ed Drew of the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing.
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