Front lines battling whats called the rim fire. Its 7 contained. Strong winds are expected to fan those flames. Not a good situation. Rescue Officials Say 4,500 homes and businesses are in harms way as the flames edge closer to civilization. People in that area obviously very frightened. Im trying to keep my kids calm and not have them too worried about whats going on up there. You can actually see planes from our house now. Hopefully it doesnt go there. So far its safe. Bill what have you learned about that, dominic . Reporter 15,000 acres have been burnt bad. The white wolf area popular with campers have been closed down. 13 camps have been burnt to the crowd. One Campground School for 50 years. We also understand that the Central Valley could be experiencing some smoke. The Central Valley of yosemite is the most iconic of all National Parks in the United States and fire officials are saying they are under pressure to protect that valley. Its a national treasure. Its a lot of pressur
Our fire. You cant be sure that its just a campfire smoke . You cant be sure what i can tell you is from the toxicity of the smoke, it will cause an irritation to your eyes, irritation to your lungs if you breathe it like any smoke. We encourage people to avoid, you know, getting exposed to it. Can you tell what the status give an update right now, whats going on . The plant continues to obviously be shut down. We have one of these nine containers that has experienced degrade dags of the material inside the container. The water levels in the plant are starting to recede, slightly. Thats the current state of the plant as we know it. People want to know how in danger they are. Thank you. With the, you know, with the recommendation of the local authorities, we established this one and a half mile evacuation zone. We believe, along with the local authorities we have moved everyone out of harms way and no one is in danger based on the fire we expect. Access the plant right now with a boat .