Telegraph Fire
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A guide plane leads a fire retardant plane near the leading edge of the Telegraph fire, in an attempt to slow its progression up Halls Gulch toward Greeley Hill near Yosemite National Park on Tuesday. -
Fire retardant drops from a helicopter tanker on a hot spot during the Telegraph Fire near Highway 140 north of Mariposa on Tuesday. -
Cal-Fire firefighters watch branches of the Telegraph fire converge near Greeley Hill on Tuesday. -
The Telegraph Fire burns near Yosemite National Park on Tuesday in Greeley Hill. Fire crews are expected to get some help from a slight drop in temperature, which was forecast to remain in the high 80's on Tuesday, accompanied by low humidity and afternoon winds, the National Weather Service said. -
Signs along Highway 49 in Mariposa on Tuesday thanking firefighters for their efforts fighting the Telegraph fire. -
Despite the haze from smoke, tourists stop to take photos of El Capitan, background left, and the Half Dome, right, on Monday in Yosemite National Park. Smoke has drifted into Yosemite from the nearby Telegraph fire. -
Lauren Moore, 6, snuggles with her stuffed animals as she and grandmother Grace Heddergott, left, settle in at the Red Cross evacuation center at the elementary school in Mariposa. Lauren and her family were in Mariposa, visiting from Connecticut when they were forced to evacuate the Heddergott's Lake View home because of the Telegraph Fire. -
Firefighters keep an eye on the Telegraph fire near Yosemite Valley on Monday. -
A helicopter loads water from the Merced River to make a water drop on the Telegraph fire near Yosemite Valley on Monday. -
A helicopter carries water to drop on hot spots of the Telegraph fire near Yosemite Valley on Monday near Mariposa. -
Jared Bodily, of the Monterey Fire Department, works with other firefighters to protect a home on Rancheria Creek Road near Mariposa on Monday. -
Orange County Firefighter Tim O'hare watches fires burning across the Briceburg Mountains alongside the Merced River on Sunday in Briceburg. Many firefighters were in the area to make sure fires didn't spread across roads. -
A Yosemite tourist stops along Highway 140 near Briceburg to watch the flames creeping out of control down the hillside near the Merced River on Sunday. The Telegraph Fire has burned eight homes and blackened more than 25 miles of the foothill communities around Mariposa County. -
Orange County Firefighters Tyler Johnson, left, and Mike Reinhold watch fires burning across the Briceburg Mountains alongside the Merced River on Sunday in Briceburg. -
Orange County Firefighters Tyler Johnson, left and Mike Reinhold watch fires burn across the Briceburg Mountains on Sunday in Briceburg. An out-of-control wildfire burning Sunday near an entrance to Yosemite National Park destroyed eight homes and threatened thousands more as flames forced authorities to cut power to the park. -
A Cal-Fire chopper works its way over a hot spot near a home in Mariposa on Sunday. -
Tony Gorham and his sons Tony Jr, center and Nate wave to friends passing by as fires burn across the Briceburg Mountains along the Merced River in Briceburg near Yosemite National Park on Sunday. -
Fires consume trees and brush near the Briceburg Mountains along side the Merced River on Sunday.
