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Bookmark or Share- Ten years later, the Rim Fire remains Yosemite's largest wildfireFRESNO, Calif. — Ten years ago this month, the Rim Fire ignited in the central Sierra Nevada. It would eventually incinerate more than 250,000 acres and 100 structures in Tuolumne County. At the time, the Rim Fire was California’s second largest wildfire. Today, it’s not even in the top ten.
- Rim Fire - WikipediaThe Rim Fire was first spotted by a passing aircraft at 3:25 p.m. PDT, becoming the third fire on the Stanislaus National Forest of the day. It had ignited at the bottom of a canyon, near the confluence of the Tuolumne River and the Clavey River, below the Rim of the World vista lookout off Highway 120—from which the fire received its name.
- The True Story of California Wildfire Rim Fire - Rolling StoneInvestigation. The Wildfire, the Hunter, and a Decade of Conspiracy Theories. It started when a local man went on a hunting trip. It ended with 250,000 acres of forest burned, a rumor about an...
- Stanislaus National Forest - Home - US Forest ServiceThe Rim Fire started on August 17, 2013 in a remote area of the Stanislaus National Forest near the confluence of the Clavey and Tuolumne Rivers about 20 miles east of Sonora, California. The Rim Fire burned 257,314 acres, including 154,530 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands, becoming the third largest wildfire in California history.
- Rim Fire Is Third-Largest Wildfire In California's HistoryFacebook. Flipboard. Email. The Rim wildfire that began three weeks ago today is now 80 percent contained, officials say, but it has burned more than a quarter of a million acres, and it may...
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