A wildfire smoke plume hanging over Salt Lake City is giving residents a vivid — and painful — view of how geography can worsen already dangerous air conditions.
A local video from the city shows smoke settling over the valley, where the mountains around Salt Lake City can slow the rate at which polluted air clears.
What’s happening?
Posted to TikTok by Salt Lake City creator Didi (@didiluvvz), the video shows the metro area under thick, orange-tinged wildfire smoke. The creator described the scene this way: “The mountains keeping the smoke in the valley making it so much worse.”
@didiluvvz The mountains keeping the smoke in the valley making it so much worse #fire#wildfire#saltlakecity#utah#airquality♬ original sound – Prespres_2010453…