Wildfire threatens Yosemite national park – in pictures

Trees burn as firefighters continue to battle the fire, which has encroached on Yosemite national park Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Firefighters make their way along Highway 120 Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Firefighters battle the fire just outside Yosemite national park Photograph: Noah Berger/EPA

Stanislaus County firefighters monitor the fire Photograph: Noah Berger/EPA

A bear and her cub cross a road near the boundary of Yosemite national park Photograph: Noah Berger/EPA

The charred remains of a sapling Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Cows walk through an area of burned forest Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Firefighters try to contain the fire on the north side of Highway 120 near the boundary of the Yosemite national park Photograph: Noah Berger/EPA

Kayla Stanton, right, and Preston Holley, left, pack up belongings for friends as the fire threatens the small town of Tuolumne Photograph: Andy Alfaro/AP

A pine tree goes up in flames
Photograph: Marty Bicek/ZUMA Press/Corbis

Smoke from the fire fills the sky near Mather Camp Photograph: Al Golub/ Al Golub/ZUMA Press/Corbis

US Forest Service members post updates on the fire on Highway 120
Photograph: Marty Bicek/ZUMA Press/Corbis

A firefighter runs from a backfire
Photograph: Al Golub/ZUMA Press/Corbis

A coyote walks across Highway 120 Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The fire burns near the boundary of Yosemite national park in Tuolumne County Photograph: NOAH BERGER/EPA