The fire burning in yosemite, less than seven days this fire has grown to almost the size of san jose, as crews struggled to get ahold of these flames. Nbc bay areas bob redell is in the newsroom with the latest on the rim fire. Bob . Reporter good morning, jon, marla. The San Francisco Fire Department is the latest Bay Area Agency to be called upon to help put out what is turning out to be a very large, very serious event. This is a video just came in from the fire station located 19th and fulsom within the past hour or two. Sfsd sent 22 firefighters and five engines east toward the sierra foothills where this morning, the socalled rim fire has now entered Yosemite National park. Remember, yosemite covers a lot of space it has not reached the valley floor where most of the tourists and lodging was located. It has crossed the parks western border around threatening the communities of Pine Mountain lake and grove land. Now, here are the latest numbers from cal fire. This fire has now bu
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Nearby lake and drop it on the flames. Nick janes has the latest. Reporter the rim fire is racing in every direction raging out of control. The plume of smoke dwarfing everything around it is 40,000 feet tall with flames one firefighter told us 600 feet high. Whats your level of concern at this point . From one to 10, nine. Reporter he is packed and ready to go. What are you seeing, ed . Im seeing danger. Theres trees going up as if a flame throwing hit them. Reporter there are two fires burning, one on that side and the other side. The concern for firefighters as the fires merge, they could come right up this hill right toward us. Hot spots flared up along highway 120 near yosemite but of major concern is the wildfires push toward the Small Community of Pine Mountain lake. With a now thousand homes not far away this is one spot firefighters are clearly prepared to take a stand. These dozers behind me are hard at work clearing containment lines should the fire hop across the canyon to
I am pleased to announce that our giant panda and gave birth pam zookeepers going ga ga over the newest addition at our im pam moore. A full hour of your prime time news at eight. Starts right now. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam the yosemite fire now inside the national park. The flames exploding aggressively overnight new fire crews arriving on the scene. Struggling in dry and dangerous terrain. We have to make sure we are cognizant of the conditions around us. Pam tonight, thousands of people are forced out by the flames. And now more evacuations are being urged. As the rim fire grows to 165 square miles. More than twothousand firefighters are struggling for control of the fire. That is only twopercent contained. Heres kron 4s grant lodes, with some of the incredible pictures. Grant . Grant pam images like this tell the story a wall of flames. Firefighters struggle to compete with mother nature. Some officials are calling this an epic fi