DISASTERS: FIRE : UNITED STATES: STATES: CALIFORNIA : ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: 4,000 Firefighters Try to Beat Back Flames as Yosemite Fire Grows

[David P. Dillard]

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DISASTERS: FIRE :

UNITED STATES: STATES: CALIFORNIA :

ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE:

4,000 Firefighters Try to Beat Back Flames as Yosemite Fire Grows

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4,000 Firefighters Try to Beat Back Flames as Yosemite Fire Grows

From Gary Tuchman and Ed Payne

CNN

updated 6:43 AM EDT, Wednesday August 28, 2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/us/california-yosemite-wildfire/

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Yosemite National Park, California (CNN) -- These are scary times for the
folks of Tuolumne, a picturesque northern California community threatened
by a historic wildfire.

Fire crews are doing their best, but just a spark or two could send the
inferno raging down their canyon and into their town.

"It is dangerous for them right now," said Cal Fire Division Chief Mike
Ramirez. "When you're on a ridge like this and the fire is below you, that
is a recipe for disaster."

Tuolumne is on the northern edge of the Rim Fire, a monster of a wildfire
that has charred more than 184,000 acres. It's the seventh-largest blaze
in California history.

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A threat to the Bay Area

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Nearby Yosemite Valley and its iconic attractions, including the El
Capitan rock formation, currently are safe, miles from the Rim Fire's
reach. However, the blaze was on the edge of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir,
which serves 2.6 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Water quality remains unchanged, despite ash that has fallen on the
459-square-mile reservoir, because the water is drawn from a depth of 260
feet, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission said.

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The city was already transferring 275 million gallons of water daily from
Hetch Hetchy to other reservoirs because Hetch Hetchy is full, but as a
precaution, the city increased that amount by 27 million gallons, a
Tuesday statement said.

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The commission said it was confident the Rim Fire would not affect the
reservoir: "Due to the rocky, granite terrain and limited brush along the
perimeter of the reservoir, there is little risk for direct water quality
impacts."

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The fire could threaten the area's hydroelectric generators, which provide
much of San Francisco's electricity.

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Because of the approaching flames, officials shut down the generators, and
the city -- more than 120 miles to the west -- temporarily is getting
power from elsewhere.


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