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The Rim Fire
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Forest Service officials report that two homes and five outbuildings were destroyed yesterday along Packard Canyon Road.
Yesterday the fire jumped over the Tuolumne River and stretches of Highway 120, prompting a complete closure indefinitely of 120 between Smith Station and four miles east of Buck Meadows.
Advisory evacuations are in place for the Buck Meadows area in Mariposa County, and in Tuolumne County at the San Jose Family Camp, Rainbow Pool, Yosemite Inn, Early Intake, Evergreen Lodge, Packard Canyon and the Spinning Wheel Forest Service Facility. The evacuations are basically the area of Highway 120 from Cherry Lake Road to Smith Station.
An evacuation center is set up at Tioga High School with assistance from the Red Cross. That evacuation center is expected to move to the Mother Lode Fairgrounds later today.
A total of 455 firefighters are on scene of the Rim Fire this morning.
Be smart and be safe.
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