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• July 30: Fire captain Clark Daly coordinates an attack plan with other fire supervisors while fighting the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park near Mariposa, Calif.
• July 30: Rio Bravo Hotshot firefighter Cole Cates clears manzanita while cutting fireline on the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park.
• July 30: Women inmate firefighters hike to cut fireline near Mariposa, Calif. Firefighters have made progress containing the blaze after cooler weather and light winds in the region.
• July 30: An air tanker drops of load of fire retardant on the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite.
• July 29: California Department of Corrections fire crews from the California Department of Forestry reposition themselves as the Telegraph Fire advances near Greeley Hill, Calif., outside Yosemite National Park.
• July 29: An emergency vehicle is on scene at the Telegraph Fire in Greeley Hill, Calif., near Yosemite National Park.
• July 29: The Telegraph Fire blows up near Yosemite National Park in Greeley Hill, Calif. Fire crews are expected to get some help from a slight drop in temperature, which was forecast to remain in the high 80s Tuesday, accompanied by low humidity and afternoon winds, the National Weather Service said.
• July 29: Smoke bellows from a ridge behind a burned cabin in the Camp Senia area near Red Lodge, Mont. The fire left nothing but the foundation and the chimneys.
• July 28: The Cascade Fire burns in the West Fork of Rock Creek near Red Lodge, Mont. The fire has burned over 5,000 acres in steep canyons, downed timber and lodge pole pine.
• July 28: A helicopter carries water to drop on hotspots on the Telegraph fire near Yosemite Valley.
• July 28: Firefighters keep an eye on the Telegraph fire near Yosemite Valley.
• July 28: Waterloo Morada Fire Department fire captain Marcus Omlin keeps an eye on the Telegraph fire near Yosemite Valley.
• July 28: The burned remnants of a house are seen on Whitlock Road in Briceburg, Calif. near Yosemite National Park. California has been dogged by wildfire since June, and hot, dry conditions have turned flare-ups into prolonged fire fights. While many earlier blazes were ignited by a massive lightning storm, the fire outside Yosemite was sparked by a target shooter.
• July 28: Despite the haze from smoke, tourists stop to take photos in Yosemite, Calif. Smoke has drifted into Yosemite from the Telegraph fires in Midpines, Calif.
• July 27, 2008: Smoke billows from the Cascade Fire in the Custer National Forest near Red Lodge, Mont. Fire officials ordered more evacuations Sunday as a wildfire west of Red Lodge continued to move steadily to the east, sending out smoke, ash and embers.
• July 27, 2008: Meg Williams wets down an area around a friend's home along West Fork Road near Red Lodge, Mont., as plumes of smoke from the Cascade Fire billows from the Custer National Forest. Fire officials ordered more evacuations Sunday as a wildfire west of Red Lodge continued to move steadily to the east, sending out smoke, ash and embers.
• July 27, 2008: Orange County Firefighters Tyler Johnson, left and Mike Reinhold look at fires burning across the Briceburg mountains along side the Merced River in Briceburg, Calif. An out-of-control wildfire burning Sunday near an entrance to Yosemite National Park has destroyed eight homes and threatened thousands more as flames forced authorities to cut power to the park.
• July 27, 2008: Orange County Firefighters Tyler Johnson, left and Mike Reinhold look at fires burning across the Briceburg mountains along side the Merced River in Briceburg, Calif.
• July 27, 2008: Orange County Firefighter Tim O'hare can only watch fires burning across the Briceburg mountains along side the Merced River in Briceburg, Calif. Many firefighters were in the area to make sure fires didn't spread across roads.
• July 27, 2008: Fires consume trees and brush near the Briceburg mountains along side the Merced River in Briceburg, Calif.
• July 27, 2008: 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, Calif. near Yosemite National Park. Many firefighters were in the area to make sure fires didn't spread across roads.