Monday, a blaze burning about 12 miles of Yosemite Valley has damaged 12 homes and forced authorities to close the main road to Yosemite National Park. Fortunately the effects on the park were not significant, but tourists were forced to take cold showers as there was no hot water.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, there were about 4,000 homes threatened but only 12 were destroyed. Thanks to backup generators, even though the blaze cut power to Yosemite Valley, much of the park services remained open, including the Village Store and the Yosemite Lodge.

The tourist does not seem affected by the situation and many of them continued their activities.

“We're going backpacking, so we were planning on being without electricity. It's not really much of an issue,” said Steve Nichol of Salt Lake City, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Kenny Karst, a spokesman for the park, confirmed that the visitors were not at all affected by the conditions, but the smoke from the blaze was obscuring the view.

The wildfire consumed 26,130 acres and it was 10% contained Monday afternoon. Authorities said that the hardest part of the fight against the blaze was the terrain.

“The Merced River Canyon is some of the steepest, nastiest terrain. I’ve been working this (area) for 36 years, and I haven't seen anything like this,” said forestry department unit chief Mikel Martin.

The fire started Friday when some was target-shooting, informed Suzanne Grin of the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. There was no other information regarding the person.

Forestry department spokesman Kevin Colburn said that the fire was continuing to grow and meteorologist from Accuweather.com said that temperatures were above 90 degrees and would continue to rise.