Air quality advisory hits every Colorado county thanks to smoke from Pacific Northwest

The hazy air conditions in Colorado Springs, due to smoke from several wildfires burning in eastern Washington, will likely persist for at least another day, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo.

“We had a front come in last night, and it brought a lot of the (wildfire) smoke with it,” Mike Garberoglio, a meteorologist with the Weather Service said Tuesday. “Some of the smoke should start to clear out overnight tonight, but it’s probably not going to go away entirely.”

Multiple large, active blazes in the Spokane area have destroyed more than 700 structures, forced evacuations of more than 60,000 people, and affected the air quality in several different states, including Colorado…

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