An air quality advisory has been issued for parts of the San Francisco Bay Area as the Washburn Fire continues to grow on the southern portion of Yosemite National Park.
Satellite images show significant amounts of smoke wafting over Northern California's Pacific coast.
The fire is expected to continue "moderately" over the next 12 hours, but fire activity will increase and "actively" spread through the week due to warming temperatures and subsequent drying, according to Yosemite Fire. Since the fire is slow-moving and not affecting human safety, firefighters are able to take the time to clear the fuel, which consists of both standing trees and dead leaves and brush that have fallen to the ground, fire experts told ABC News.
The fuel, however, is posing a significant safety threat to firefighters on the ground, the experts said. The spread may also slow once the fire reaches some of the recent fire scars, according to Yosemite Fire.
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