As Paul Adams visited Yosemite National Park on Monday, he could smell the smoke in the air from the Detwiler fire burning to the west, near Mariposa. The San Francisco photographer went into Yosemite Valley that evening, and as the sun set, the smoky sky took on an eerie glow. The blaze knocked out power in Yosemite National Park for several hours Tuesday, but crews were able to restore service at 11 p.m., said Denny Boyles, spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. As he visited Yosemite National Park on Monday, he initially didn’t see or smell any smoke. “The sun was setting, and it added that orange glow to the smoke, and we had little pieces of ash falling down.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 19, 2017 21:00 UTC