Big Bear firefighter Jon Curtis keeps a close eye on a ‘slop over’ fire that jumped Hwy 120 just east of Hardin Flat Road while fighting the Rim Fire.
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Firefighter A.J. Tevis watches the flames of the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif.
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Fire crew members stand watch near a burn area as they fight the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park in Calif.
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A fire crew member rests near a controlled burn operation at Horseshoe Meadows, as crews continue to fight the Rim Fire.
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Members of the Horseshoe Meadow Interagency Hotshot Crew, from Miramonte, Calif., walk near a controlled burn operation.
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Workers walk through dust and debris after falling a tree damaged in the Rim Fire along Mather Road.
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crew members stand watch near a controlled burn operation intended to protect the Yosemite Institute educational center.
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A firefighter walks near a burn area during operations.
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California Fire engine captain directs firefighters as they spray water to cool backfire
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U.S. Forest Service firefighters look at an incident map as they take a break from battling the Rim Fire at Camp Mather. Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the blaze that has entered a section of Yosemite National Park.
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Sacramento River Fire District Captain Jerry Winters, 61, rest at base camp before the start of the night shift.
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Fire crew members stand watch near a controlled burn operation.
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The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest conflagration in California history.
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Fire crews are clearing brush and setting sprinklers to protect two groves of giant sequoias.
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Fire crews battling to outflank a monster wildfire inside Yosemite National Park made headway in confining flames to wilderness areas but were powerless to salvage the region’s sputtering tourist economy at the end of its peak summer tourist season.
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Firefighter Brandon Wenger stands along Highway 120 while monitoring a backburn.
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A helicopter dumps water on hot spots battling the Rim Fire.
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A burned car sits on the side of the road after being consumed by the Rim Fire on Aug. 25.
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A National Guard C-130 tanker drops retardant to slow down active fire
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Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees near Groveland, Calif.
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Inmate firefighters walk along Highway 120.
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Firefighters monitor a back fire.
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The sun sets through heavy smoke from the Rim Fire
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A firefighter uses a hose to douse flames.
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U.S. Forest Service firefighters
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The remains of a burned home from the Rim Fire.
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Los Angeles County firefighters hike in on a fire line on the Rim Fire near Groveland.
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Cows walk through a section of burned forest.
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Emily Dobson, right, who says she had to evacuate her home in Groveland, thanks firefighters.
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Trees burn in a burnout fire as firefighters continue to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif.
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