Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 37 minutes ago
Fire crews in Yosemite conducted firing operations along the Tioga Road this week to provide a buffer of protection from the Rim Fire. As you can see in this video, the fire mostly burns debris on the forest floor rather than the trees. It's only when the forest floor accumulates too much debris or too many young trees that a small fire like this gets hot enough to torch mature trees and spread from treetop to treetop.
Later in the video, we give you a behind-the-scenes peek at Yosemite's Helicopter 551 ferrying supplies from the Crane Flat helibase.
For an audio described version of this video, go to youtu.be/WJelpw3-YUs.
Fire crews in Yosemite conducted firing operations along the Tioga Road this week to provide a buffer of protection from the Rim Fire. As you can see in this video, the fire mostly burns debris on the forest floor rather than the trees. It's only when the forest floor accumulates too much debris or too many young trees that a small fire like this gets hot enough to torch mature trees and spread from treetop to treetop.
Later in the video, we give you a behind-the-scenes peek at Yosemite's Helicopter 551 ferrying supplies from the Crane Flat helibase.
For an audio described version of this video, go to youtu.be/WJelpw3-YUs.
