Crime & Safety
Berkeley Kids in Yosemite-area Camps Flee Threatening Wildfire
Many Berkeley youth have been evacuated from camps near the 10,170-acre Rim Fire burning out of control east of Yosemite National Park.
A number of Berkeley youth have fled from camps in the vicinity of the uncontrolled Rim Fire raging near Yosemite National Park tonight, Tuesday, according to news reports.
Families with children left the Tuolumne Camp operated by the City of Berkeley, followed by the decision to remove the Counselors in Training tonight, Berkeleyside reported.
About 110 students from Maybeck High School in Berkeley have been evacuated from the Family Camp run by the City of San Jose, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Remaining campers at Camp Towanga, a camp for Jewish youth that draws many Berkeley youngsters, were advised by Tuolumne County Sheriff's deputies to leave, according to MyMotherLode.com. A post on Camp Tawonga's Facebook tonight said no campers are left at the site and that this weekend's Keshet LGBT Family Camp has been canceled.
The 10,170-acre blaze in steep and remote terrain has closed Highway 120, a major artery leading into the Yosemite area, and was zero percent contained as of 8:30 p.m. tonight, according to the National Forest Service.
The accompanying video shows the fire Monday seen from Channel Islands Air National Guard plane.
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