Tourists standing along California 41 watch the smoke of the El Portal fire at sunset July 28 in Yosemite National Park. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
Smoke from the El Portal fire casts a haze over the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park on July 27. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
A fire information board at the Glacier Point lookout in Yosemite National Park updates tourists on the El Portal fire and other nearby blazes at sunrise on July 28. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
The El Portal fire burns in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park on July 28. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
The El Portal fire burns in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park at dusk on July 28 as a firefighting aircraft flies overhead. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
A U.S. Forest Service fire engine drives down closed California 120 in Yosemite National Park on July 28. (Stuart Palley / EPA)
More than 100 residents of El Portal, on the western edge of Yosemite National Park, listen during a July 28 meeting as officials talk about the fire burning nearby and the resulting evacuations in the community. (Mark Crosse / Associated Press)
