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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (230231)8/28/2013 3:21:04 PM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) of 543206
 
Speaking of Red Lines............
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The wildfire threatening Yosemite National Park

has spread further into the US tourist landmark

despite efforts by over 4,000 firefighters using planes and bulldozers, officials said Wednesday.

Ash is gathering on the surface of a reservoir serving San Francisco,

but officials said water quality has not been affected.

The so-called Rim Fire -- California's seventh biggest ever --

now covers some 293 square miles (760 sq km), an area bigger than Chicago,

according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire.

"Rapid fire growth and extreme fire behavior continue to hamper suppression efforts,"

firefighters warned in the latest update on the Inciweb multi-agency website.
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