For the past 10 days from August 17, firefighters in California have been struggling to contain the Rim Fire, now one of the largest in the state's history, as it blazes across the Stanislaus National Forest and into Yosemite National Park. As of last night, the Rim Fire had burned nearly 240 square miles, disrupted hydroelectric power supply to San Francisco, and destroyed 23 structures. The fire is only 15 percent contained and still threatens thousands of homes in the mountainous region.
A firefighter uses a hose to douse flames of the Rim Fire on a hillside, on August 24, 2013 near Groveland, California. The Rim Fire continues to burn out of control and threatens 4,500 homes outside of Yosemite National Park. Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the blaze that has entered a section of Yosemite National Park and is currently 7 percent contained. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A coyote walks across U.S. Highway 120, shut down due to the Rim Fire on August 23, 2013 near Groveland, California.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire District monitors a back fire as he battles the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 21, 2013.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A firefighter from the Colorado based Long Canyon Fire Department monitors a back fire while battling the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 22, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Fire consumes trees along US highway 120 as the Rim Fire burns out of control on August 21, 2013 in Groveland, California.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A firefighting helicopter flies in front of a plume of smoke from the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 22, 2013.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A smoky haze blankets Virginia Street looking south from the Reno, Nevada, downtown casino strip near California Street as health district officials raised an air quality alert to the "red" unhealthy level, on August 23, 2013. The smoke from a massive wildfire burning 150 miles to the south at Yosemite National Park prompted school officials to keep children inside Friday in Carson City, Washoe and Douglas counties.(AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
A bulldozer puts in a fire line as the Rim Fire burns in the background near the border of Yosemite National Park, California, on August 23, 2013. (Reuters/Max Whittaker)
A U.S. Forest Service firefighter monitors a radio while battling the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 22, 2013.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Letters on a road sign, melted after being burned by the Rim Fire near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Flames billow from the front of a car that was consumed by the Rim Fire on August 25, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A California Department of Forestry air tanker drops fire retardant on a ridge ahead of the advancing Rim Fire near Groveland, on August 22, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Rim Fire burns along Highway 120 near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. With winds gusting to 50 mph on Sierra mountain ridges and flames jumping from treetop to treetop, hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to protect this and other communities in the path of fire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Trees burned by the Rim Fire at Camp Mather, near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Power lines are faintly seen through smoke generated by the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Smoke from the Rim Fire lingers over the O'Shaughnessy Dam at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, on August 24, 2013. The blaze has prompted California Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for San Francisco due to damage to some of the lines and stations that carry power to San Francisco. The Hetch Hetchy reservoir also had to take two of its three hydroelectric power stations out of service. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Los Angeles County firefighters hike on a fire line on the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, on August 22, 2013.(Reuters/Max Whittaker)
A rabbit runs across the road as a firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire District monitors a back fire as he battles the Rim Fire, on August 21, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Smoke from the Rim Fire fills the sky on August 24, 2013 near Groveland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Firefighter Barry Cole sets a back fire, fighting the Rim Fire near Buck Meadows, California, on August 22, 2013.(Reuters/Max Whittaker)
Fire consumes trees along US highway 120 as the Rim Fire burns out of control in Buck Meadows, on August 21, 2013.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Inmate firefighters walk along Highway 120 as firefighters continue to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. Fire crews are clearing brush and setting sprinklers to protect two groves of giant sequoias as a massive week-old wildfire rages along the remote northwest edge of Yosemite National Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Trees burn as firefighters continue to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Firefighter Dave Beck rakes embers away from a road on the Rim Fire near Buck Meadows, on August 22, 2013.(Reuters/Max Whittaker)
Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees near Groveland, on August 24, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Rim Fire burns through a stand of trees near Groveland, on August 25, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A sign on the edge of Yosemite National Park, California, is surrounded by a burn from the Rim Fire, on August 23, 2013.(Reuters/Max Whittaker)
Firefighter Charlie Ferris, of Los Angeles, watches a smoke plume from the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Residents watch firefighting aircraft attack the Rim Fire on August 22, 2013 in Groveland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Emily Dobson, who says she had to evacuate her home in Groveland, thanks firefighters fighting the Rim Fire near Jamestown, California, on August 24, 2013. (Reuters/Max Whittaker)
A plume of smoke from the Rim Fire rises above an outbuilding near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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