Yosemite Valley, which is part of the park, tourists frequented and is known worldwide for its tourist attractions such notable Half Dome and El Capitan rock and waterfall in Yosemite National Park, is still open. stay clear of the smoke, and non of the other symptoms of the remaining approximately 20 miles away.
But the flames were. reverberating throughout the region, it makes the declaration of the Governor of emergency Friday in San Francisco, 150 miles away because of the threat to the right place to send to the utility and cause warning smoke and. Cancel the race in Nevada, smoke blowing through the Sierra Nevada and across state lines.
The fire was at least a foothold in Yosemite, at least 17 of 196 square miles burned in border width of the park in a remote area near Lake Eleanor, the backpacker's consolation summer.
Park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said park. Stop licensing for backcountry backpackers and those who have already been warned them to stay out of the area.
She emphasized that the skies over Yosemite Valley as "clear," but
"Now it is closed and no visitors to be affected in the park," Cobb said. "We just need to take one day at a time".
Flame, but a threat to the station with the hose to the city of San Francisco is the Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in the fire earlier in the week and then make the move does. analysis of the disorder. Same for cities around the state.
San Francisco will receive 85 percent of the water comes from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park area that is about four miles from the fire. But that has not been affected. But it was forced to shut down two of the three hydroelectric power stations in the area.
The city has so far been able to buy power on the open market and use of existing materials. But further disruption or damage that may result as a power in the city and orders of the governor.
Announced the release of funds and resources to help the city and make it eligible for more federal funds to help with the shortage of power and water outages or problems.
Flames 196 square miles and has more than five percent of 2,000 firefighters on the line.
It continues to grow in many directions, though. "Most of the fire activity is pushed to the right to head east to Yosemite," Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
In Nevada, the authorities forced many schools to cancel outdoor activities and recommendations for health problems especially for people with respiratory problems.
The fire was threatening about 5,500 homes, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Flames destroyed four houses and 12 buildings in different areas.
It closed four mile stretch of State Route 120, one-third of the way into Yosemite on the west side. Two other western route and eastern route opening.
Officials issued a voluntary evacuation for the town in two new - Tuolumne City, population 1,800, and Ponderosa Hills, a community of several hundred - which is about five miles of power lines, a forest service spokesman Jerry Snyder said.
Mandatory evacuation order remains in effect as part of the Pine Mountain Lake, summer gated community a few miles from the fire.
"It feels a little bit like a war zone, a helicopter flew overhead bombing halts and 10 engine companies stationed on our roads," said Ken Codeglia, Pine Mountain, retirement living in the lake decided to. to protect his home on his own, said. Piping systems and fire retardant. "But if the fire gets too hot firefighters and evacuated me to work with them."
Officers advised voluntary evacuations earlier, more than a thousand other homes organized several camps in the area and at least two campgrounds outside the park.
Other home business was threatened and hotels in nearby Groveland, a community of 600 about 5 miles from the fire and 25 miles from the entrance of Yosemite.
Usually filled with tourists, street, now swarming with firefighters and evacuees news crew, Doug Edwards, owner of Main Street Charley Burke said.
"We usually find out six months with strong positions 30-40 and turned the night that changed it all," Edwards said. "All we get for the next three weeks is to cancel. It's a tremendous impact on the community in terms of the revenue dollar. "
Fire raging in the same region that killed 1,987 firemen flames burned thousands of acres and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
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