A coyote walks across U.S. Highway 120, shut down due to the Rim Fire on August 23, 2013 near Groveland, California. #

A firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire District monitors a back fire as he battles the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 21, 2013. #

A firefighter from the Colorado based Long Canyon Fire Department monitors a back fire while battling the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 22, 2013. #

Fire consumes trees along US highway 120 as the Rim Fire burns out of control on August 21, 2013 in Groveland, California. #

A firefighting helicopter flies in front of a plume of smoke from the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 22, 2013. #

A bulldozer puts in a fire line as the Rim Fire burns in the background near the border of Yosemite National Park, California, on August 23, 2013. #

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter monitors a radio while battling the Rim Fire in Groveland, on August 22, 2013. #

Letters on a road sign, melted after being burned by the Rim Fire near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. #

Flames billow from the front of a car that was consumed by the Rim Fire on August 25, 2013. #

A California Department of Forestry air tanker drops fire retardant on a ridge ahead of the advancing Rim Fire near Groveland, on August 22, 2013. #

Trees burned by the Rim Fire at Camp Mather, near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. #

Power lines are faintly seen through smoke generated by the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. #

Los Angeles County firefighters hike on a fire line on the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, on August 22, 2013. #

A rabbit runs across the road as a firefighter from Ebbetts Pass Fire District monitors a back fire as he battles the Rim Fire, on August 21, 2013. #

Smoke from the Rim Fire fills the sky on August 24, 2013 near Groveland, California. #

Firefighter Barry Cole sets a back fire, fighting the Rim Fire near Buck Meadows, California, on August 22, 2013. #

Fire consumes trees along US highway 120 as the Rim Fire burns out of control in Buck Meadows, on August 21, 2013. #

Trees burn as firefighters continue to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. #

Firefighter Dave Beck rakes embers away from a road on the Rim Fire near Buck Meadows, on August 22, 2013. #

Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees near Groveland, on August 24, 2013. #

The Rim Fire burns through a stand of trees near Groveland, on August 25, 2013. #

The Rim Fire burns near Buck Meadows, California, on August 24, 2013. #

The sun sets on the Rim Fire near Buck Meadows, on August 22, 2013. #

A sign on the edge of Yosemite National Park, California, is surrounded by a burn from the Rim Fire, on August 23, 2013. #

Firefighter Charlie Ferris, of Los Angeles, watches a smoke plume from the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, on August 25, 2013. #

Residents watch firefighting aircraft attack the Rim Fire on August 22, 2013 in Groveland, California. #

Emily Dobson, who says she had to evacuate her home in Groveland, thanks firefighters fighting the Rim Fire near Jamestown, California, on August 24, 2013. #

A plume of smoke from the Rim Fire rises above an outbuilding near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. #

A Tuolumne County firefighter mops up hot spots from a back fire while battling the Rim Fire at Camp Mather near Groveland, on August 23, 2013. #