Rim Fire Burning More Than 106,000 Acres in California

The Rim Fire exploded in growth, Thursday night and Friday morning, and has now burnt over one hundred and six thousand acres, in California.

Eleven thousand of those acres in Yosemite National Park, but in a mostly unused part of it.

Twenty-two hundred fire fighters are battling the blaze, which is only two percent contained.

One firefighter has been injured battling the blaze, which has destroyed sixteen buildings and threatens nearly five thousand homes.

Concerns are extremely high that the fire will continue to grow, as it's size allows it to create it's own wind and weather patterns.

Smoke and ash are causing air and breathing problems for Reno and Tahoe.

As for Yosemite, it remains open as most of the tourist areas are more than twenty miles from the flames and winds are pushing the smoke and ash in other directions.

The fire's explosive growth could see it made the top priority in the country.