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PG&E Thanked During San Francisco Rim Fire Damage Assessment
2013-09-10 18:03:00| Transmission & Distribution World
PGE Currents San Francisco city officials thanked PG&E last week for its assistance during the massive Rim Fire in and near Yosemite National Park. read more
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Rim Fire at Nearly Quarter Million Acres Entering Third Week
2013-09-07 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The Rim Fire continues to burn through a huge swath of land in and around Yosemite National Park, standing at nearly a quarter-million acres as the blaze entered its third week of burning Saturday. While the fire continues to gain ground daily, growing about 10,000 acres between Thursday and Friday, fire-fighting crews were mostly able to keep pace throughout the week; the conflagration remains at 80 percent contained, as it has for the past several days, officials reported Friday night. At...
Rim Fire Started by Illegal Campfire
2013-09-06 07:36:21| 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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Firefighters gaining upper hand on Rim fire in Yosemite
2013-09-03 14:36:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Firefighting officials said Monday that they are gaining the upper hand on the massive Rim fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park. Containment jumped overnight from 45% to 60%, the weather was cooperating and some firefighters were beginning to be taken off the line, authorities said. By midday Monday, the fire -- the fourth-largest blaze in California history -- had burned 357 square miles. That was up from 348 on Sunday, but there were signs that the tide was turning in firefighters'...
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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