Wildfires ramp up in the southwest, bringing smoke to Colorado
KOAA
and last updated 2021-06-09 15:36:42-04
Wildfire season has kick-started in the southwest and smoke has drifted into Colorado.
The Mescal and Telegraph fires west of Phoenix, Arizona sparked in the first week of June and have both burned over 70,000 acres. Several more, smaller fires have recently been burning in southwest New Mexico and central Utah.
The smoke from these fires has left a light haze across Colorado since Tuesday and is most apparent in the west and southern areas of the state and within mountain valleys.
Residents of Teller county received cell phone alerts about wildfire smoke in the area on Tuesday, June 8th, and were assured it was NOT from a local fire. The Teller County Sheriff's office also alerted this on Twitter.