EL PORTAL, Calif., July 31 (UPI) -- A slight cool-down has helped the effort to save a grove of giant sequoias from a wildfire in California's Yosemite National Park, officials said Thursday.
While the El Portal fire remained at 34 percent containment, fire officials said they were making progress. Highway 120, the main entranceway to the park, was reopened after a brief closure Wednesday and the smoke is clearing from Yosemite Valley.