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Has a car in front of it or in the drive way. so that's kind of telling me that it hit so hard, people had no time. >> i mean, i understand it's not just the flames and the wind, the smoke is also causing significant difficulties. >> yes and no. during the course of this fire, after that particular firestorm went through, we have what's called an inversion layer. the coal holds the smoke down close to the ground. sometimes we do have visibility issues, and that would hamper our aircraft efforts at times. again, we've had all the resources, aircraft. they pump 331,000 gallons of retardant out o...

And those choices could improve air quality at the expense of climate or it could improve both climate and air quality at the same time. the decisions they make will be critical over the next five years and how that trajectory works. >> wow. it is getting -- the world is getting smaller and smaller and smaller. we are dependent upon everybody else. thank you. >> pleasure. create ideals conditions for the air in china. pedram has more on this. we were chatting last hour. this is a lot to do with the coal and burning and essentially the inversion layer that you get a this time of year? >> that...

Diesel engine. it creates an inversion layer of air that raises ground temperature a couple degrees. >> it's powerful for 10 to 15 acres. >> growers also warm the ground by saturating it with water. they must do that before the pipes freeze. >> putting moisture in the ground generates warmth. >> it's a tricky job that he refuses to delegate to anyone else. >> i have a great crew with me, but no, hands on. you have to be out here. >> so far, despite temperatures in the low 20s, so good. >> you can cut the fruit, check for damage. this is unscathed. it's perfect. >> growers here have spent nearl...

Around yosemite national park. we're now told that it could be weeks before this is fully contained. some good news for one small community, though, as evacuation orders have been lifted bringing relief to those who are able to return home to their houses. listen. >> packing up and leaving your house and looking back at it -- [laughter] that's what gets you, you know? >> you wonder if you're going to see it again. >> right, exactly. martha: boy, how scary would that be? claudia cowan joins us live from california. so, claudia, that city is under an evacuation advisory for the eighth straight d...

Francisco. there has been ash detected on the top of the reservoir but the water comes from the bottom. officials say the water supply has not been tainted. the fire spread to 18 had,000 acres, it's 20% contained which fire officials say it's a good number, they feel confidence about stopping the spread into yosemite. yosemite national park 800,000 acres, 24,000 acres of yosemite burned so far, about 3% of the park, one change since yesterday and over the last camel of days. it's been so smoky because of an sbernt inversion layer making it difficult for firefighters to move the equipment aroun...