Air quality in Montana deteriorates due to wildfire smoke
Montana officials issued air quality alerts for most western counties due to active wildfires there and in other parts of the region. The state's D...
Montana officials issued air quality alerts for most western counties due to active wildfires there and in other parts of the region. The state's Department of Environmental Quality said Monday that air quality had reached unhealthy levels."Many active wildfires in western Montana, Idaho and eastern Oregon are putting out smoke that has blanketed much of the state," it warned. Alerts were issued in Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Wheatland and Yellowstone counties.