Missoula fire smoke is bad, but it s been much, much worse
and last updated 2021-07-28 19:14:13-04
MISSOULA â There may be some temporary relief from our fire smoke, but the long-range outlook is for more of the same. Yet even as bad as it s been, conditions are nowhere close to our worst fire season. Mind you, this isn t going to put the fires out or anything. But with the wind and everything we should get some periods of clean air. And I hope that s not just wishful thinking.
Ben Schmidt with the Missoula City-County Health Department says with dozens of fires burning, the smoke is coming from everywhere.
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