Storms rumbling through Central Oregon Monday brought hundreds of lightning strikes that have ignited more than a dozen fires so far - most stopped by crews at a very small size, but two that were ...

As wildfires continue to impact parts of Oregon, Governor Tina Kotek has declared a State of Emergency, effective July 16, ...

While smoke is bad for everyone, children, older adults, pregnant people, people with heart and lung disease, and people who can’t avoid exposures, such as outdoor workers and people living outside, ...

Learn more about wildfires and smoke dangers in these visual stories: Foreign dust-up: Canadian smoke, Saharan dust will cover U.S. together Canadian wildfire smoke is fouling U.S. air quality.

The main hazard in wildfire smoke is PM 2.5, or particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (a millionth of a meter). This is bad for anyone to breathe, but especially hazardous for those with ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. For 49 straight days, everyone in Seeley Lake was breathing smoke. A wildfire had ignited outside the small rural community in Montana, and the plume of ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cal Fire crews battled a wildfire in the Fresno County community of Prather on Sunday. ABC30 Insider Kathleen Trumbly sent us photos of the smoke and an air tanker ...

As dozens of wildfires continued to burn across Canada on Friday, the country sat under a thick blanket of wildfire smoke, with some of that acrid air drifting into the United States. There are ...

A haze of Canadian wildfire smoke can be seen over Grand Rapids, Mich. on June 5, 2025. The air quality index was above 151, indicating unhealthy air quality.

Fires send a mixture of smoke and tiny particles called PM 2.5 — particulate matter — into the air. When you smell smoke, you're actually smelling just the gases, not the particles, said ...

Wildfire smoke brings air quality alert to northwest Vermont More than 200 wildfires burning across Canada have churned acrid air across the U.S. this week. by Austyn Gaffney June 6, 2025, 4:57 pm ...