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So grateful for all of the hard working firemen battling this incredible blaze. Hard to imagine that it is the size of 5x Washington DC. ************************ Rim Fire Fact Sheet, September 1, 2013 Incident: Rim Fire Wildfire Released: 8 hrs. ago Rim Fire Fact Sheet 1 September 2013 Day 16 Acreage: 222,777 Square miles: 348.1 Largest wildfire in the United States to date in 2013 (Second largest to date in 2013: Lime Hills Fire, Alaska 201,809 acres) No. 1-ranked on national wildland firefighting priority list Fourth largest California wildfire in records dating to 1932 The four largest recorded California wildfires have all occurred since 2003 Personnel currently on incident: 5,115 States that have sent firefighters or other personnel: 42 and the District of Columbia Cal Fire geographical units that have sent personnel: 20 of 21 Completed containment line: 96.7 miles Completed dozer line: 139.9 miles Hand line: 5 miles Road Used as Line: 17.1 miles Total acres burned in California to date in 2013: 487,921 Rim Fire acres as a proportion of burned acres in California 45.7 percent Fire retardant dropped: 1.7 million gallons Water dropped: 1.4 million gallons Acreage in Yosemite National Park: 60,214 Proportion of the fire burning in Yosemite National Park: 27 percent Proportion of Yosemite National Park within the fire perimeter: 7.9 percent Size of the fire area: More than five times the size of Washington, D.C. Hot meals served: Breakfasts: 36,766 Dinners: 34,395 Pounds of firefighter laundry washed: 11,643
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:51:20 +0000

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