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Massive California Wildfire to Shut Another Road into Yosemite

The blaze has charred nearly 187,500 acres - an area larger than the land mass of Chicago - since it erupted on Aug. 17.

By Laila Kearney, Reuters | Updated on August 28, 2013
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Yosemite National Park will close another key route into the park on Wednesday that could keep some visitors from reaching the premier outdoor destination over the Labor Day weekend, according to a park spokesman.

The planned shutdown of Tioga Road comes a day after the so-called Rim Fire burned deeper into the park and reached the shores of a reservoir that serves as the primary water supply for San Francisco some 200 miles to the west.

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