Montana issues air quality warning due to wildfire smoke
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By Steve Almasy and Dave Alsup, CNN
Smoke from the Western wildfires has prompted officials in Montana to issue air quality warnings in a dozen counties.
“Air quality across the state ranges from MODERATE to UNHEALTHY, with the worst air quality concentrations occurring in the southern half of the state, south of the I-90 corridor. Air quality has worsened this morning, and will likely continue to worsen through Tuesday,” Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced in a news release.
The department issued an air quality alert for Beaverhead, Carbon, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Missoula, Park, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Ravalli and Sweet Grass counties. The state has 56 counties.
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