CNN Erin Burnett OutFront August 23, 2013 23:33:00
A fast-moving wildfire in california has nearly doubled in size and now very sad to report it's breached the grounds of yosemite national park. the rim fire has now burned nearly 106,000 acres and that is up from just 53,000 a day earlier. exponenti exponential. the flames have reached about eight miles into yosemite. the national park is visited by nearly 4 million visitors last year alone. the team on this one, more than 1,800 firefighters battling it and it's only 2% contained at this point. and get this, nationally, it's hard to believe, there have been more than 33,000 wildfires this year...
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