Fires are raging across the western US covering many states in smoke.
Dozens of wildfires very active in Montana and Idaho
wildfiretoday.com
Fires rage through West; California governor declares state of emergency-
Hundreds of people in California evacuated from their homes this weekend to escape a monster inferno being described as the largest in Los Angeles’ history.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported. Brown's declaration, which allows for state and federal assistance to be provided to Los Angeles County quickly, came after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a similar declaration.
>>foxnews.com
LOS ANGELES – Wildfires forced thousands to flee their homes across the U.S. West during a sweltering, smoke-shrouded holiday weekend of record heat.
The fires Sunday caused evacuations in Glacier National Park in Montana and many other parts of the West.
Crews also rescued about 140 hikers who had spent the night in the woods after the fire broke out along the popular Columbia River Gorge Trail in Oregon.
Firefighters stepped up efforts to protect a 2,700-year-old grove of giant sequoia encroached by flames near Yosemite National Park in California.
A sudden gusty series of rainstorms allowed Los Angeles, however, to cancel evacuation orders for a wildfire that the mayor called the largest in the city's history and sent beach umbrellas and toy shovels bouncing down Southern California beaches late Sunday.
>>wkyc.com
Haze in Colorado attributed to wildfires burning in California, Oregon, Montana
DENVER — Coloradans with sensitivity to poor air quality likely immediately noticed a haze in the sky Monday morning, which experts are attributing to fires burning in the northwestern part of the United States.
More than a dozen fires burning in California, paired with fires in Oregon and Montana released smoke across the U.S., and it dipped into the state, although it mostly avoided the Western Slope.
The National Weather Service announced a Front Range ozone action day, meaning air pollution is high, which could be dangerous for those with sensitivity to poor air quality.
Photos accompanying the Monday warning showed the smoke, which is hanging over the Denver metro area.
>>thedenverchannel.com