[03:58.68]From Los Angeles Alistair Leithead reports.
[04:01.39]The so-called Rim Fire has burnt an area almost the same size as San Francisco.
[04:06.94]The city now under a state of emergency because threats to electricity transmission lines, hydroelectric power stations and water supplies.
[04:15.00]The fire is closing in on a reservoir which provides drinking water to millions of people.
[04:19.97]The blaze has spread over the boundary of the Yosemite National Park where millions of tourists visit each year.
[04:26.97]Thousands of people have been warned to leave their homes as firefighters and aircrafts dropping flame resistance powder are trying to create lines that the blaze can't cross.
[04:36.37]The government in Egypt has shortened a widely imposed night curfew in response to demands from citizens.
[04:42.74]The month-long curfew imposed in the wake of the unrest that followed the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi will now begin two hours later at 9pm local time,
[04:51.25]although on Fridays when protests usually take place, it will start at seven.
[04:58.02]And that's the BBC News
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