A wildfire raging in the north-western part of Yosemite national park was expected to advance further into the park on Tuesday and continue to threaten a reservoir that supplies most of San Francisco's water.
On Monday, the blaze "made a good run to the park", Augustino said, but by the end of the day, firefighters had managed to contain 20% of the flames – up from 15% earlier in the day.
The eastern flank of the fire on Monday burned to within half a mile (0.8km) of Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy reservoir on the Tuolumne river. It supplies 85% of the water consumed by 2.6 million people in San Francisco and several communities in three adjacent counties about 200 miles (320km) to the west.
Link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/27/yosemite-wildfire-san-francisco-reservoir
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