KNTV Early Today August 23, 2013
Im paige hopkins. While many of us are preparing for the weekend, firefighters in Northern California are battling a rapidly growing wildfire near Yosemite National park. Its called the rim fire and it grew exponentially overnight now covering about 54,000 acres up from 16,000. And just 24 hours earlier, highway 120 year yosemite was shut down but the park itself remains open and mostly smokefree. On thursday, governor jerry brown issued a state of emergency and that declaration frees up money and resources for the 1800 firefighters on the ground. So far nine structures have been damaged. 2500...