Rim fire near Yosemite grows to more than 63,000 acres

The blaze had consumed more than 63,000 acres of brush and timber in the Stanislaus National Forest, fire officials said. The cost of fighting the fire, which has been burning since Saturday afternoon, was more that $5 million. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-yosemite-continues-to-grow-20130822,0,2589194.story Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times by Robert J. Lopez