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the air support is certainly helpful. we have a lot of hotshot crews and firefighters on the ground going in to suppress the fire. it is really a ground and air attack. while the park is still open the community at the south end of the park is now under a mandatory evacuation and an air- quality advisory has been issued for the entire area. unfortunately it does not look like the weather is going to help anytime soon with amateurs creeping into the triple digits and expected to continue rising throughout the week. our meteorologist is standing by with more. you just can t catch a break out there. from the visible satellite picture on sunday you can see the spread of the smoke. the wind pushing it up toward lake tahoe. as you mentioned those air quality alerts. this fire developed in one of the highest levels of drought in california. the entire state is under drought.