By Jill Cowan LA Times: As the Rim fire spread to more than 105,000 acres Friday — crossing into Yosemite National Park — residents of the small nearby mountain communities said the blaze was among the biggest they had encountered.“I’ve been up here 11 years,” said Shirley Sarno, owner of the Gunn House Hotel in Sonora. “This is the worst fire that I have seen.”
The wildfire, which spread into a remote area of Yosemite National Park, has destroyed nine structures and is threatening 4,500 more, according to a recent update by the U.S. Forest Service.
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