"It was a little bit drier, a little bit windier yesterday and that's all it took,"
"The AQI rating in Lee Vining was "hazardous," while in Mammoth Lakes, the rating was in the purple zone for "very unhealthy.""
"Visibility at the Mammoth Lakes Airport dropped to a half mile. As of Monday morning, visibility had improved slightly, to 1 mile."
The Garnet Fire ignited on Aug. 25 and has spread to almost 50,000 acres, reaching 14% containment. A rapid 12,000‑acre run occurred when the fire entered a drainage full of dead and downed trees killed by bark beetles and ran uphill. Slightly drier conditions and increased winds contributed to the explosive growth. Smoke from the fire affected Yosemite gateway towns and crossed the Sierra Nevada crest into Eastern Sierra communities and western Nevada. Air quality reached hazardous and very unhealthy levels in Lee Vining and Mammoth Lakes, and the National Weather Service issued a dense smoke advisory.
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