. >>> six days later, lloyd lacuesta traveled to the yosemite area to update us on the progress in fighting the ackerson fire. >> reporter: the 2 -week-old ackerson fire continues to burn in the north western corner of yosemite national park. 12 lightning caused fires merged into this one big blaze. crews from as far away as puerto rico and florida. between camp mather there are only a few registration -- residents but there is one resident that is highly known. bill clinton was scheduled to stay here just a few weeks ago. san francisco firefighters make up the strike team sent here to protect the building. >> got four lines flowing at this time, we have two. >> reporter: this afternoon firefighters were testing out the way they would protect the chalet and other structures here. there is no shortage of water with the near by 1 million- gallon reservoir. >> we're drafting out our reservoir so we have a good amount of water. >> making a few little runs. >> you don't want to lose the chalet either. >> we won't lose the chalet. >> reporter: it will cost close to $1 million to finally put this