Fire forces US forest evacuation

3 September 2012 Last updated at 11:24 ET Help

Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate a national park in California because of a wildfire.

About 200 firefighters were needed to deal with the outbreak which quickly covered more than 3,000 acres.

The BBC's Ros Atkins reports.

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