RIM FIRE THIRD LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 28th, 6:47 p.m.

August 28, 2013    06:47 pm        Tracey Petersen, MML News Reporter 

 

Tuolumne County, CA -- The Rim Fire has now grown to 192,466 or 301 square miles and is 30 % contained. There have been 4 injuries to firefighters, none of them serious.   4, 537 firefighters are battling the blaze at a cost of $39.2 million dollars to date. There are still 4,500 residences threatened. It is the third largest California wildfire on record to date following the Zaca, 2007 Santa Barbara fire which burned 240,207.

Be safe.  Remember, we are still on advisory alert.