Firefighters slow growth of vast Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park

Firefighters continued to make progress Monday on containing the Oak Fire burning near Yosemite National Park, limiting its growth to just a few hundred acres, CBS San Francisco reports.

As of Monday evening local time, Cal Fire said the wildfire was 16% contained and had burned 17,241 acres, only 450 more acres than reported Monday morning. It's California's largest wildfire this year.

Helicopters dropped 300,000 gallons of water on the flames as crews continued to strengthen control lines and extinguish hot spots along the perimeter of the fire as it moved in northeast.