LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) - Firefighters in California struggled to contain a giant blaze threatening thousands of homes and sweeping into the famous Yosemite National Park.
The so-called Rim Fire doubled in size in just one day, and the 125,600-acre (510-square kilometre) blaze was only five percent contained, according to InciWeb, the online Incident Information System that monitors fires in the western United States.
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