Wildfire smoke causes record pollution in Oregon, wafts as far as Washington DC

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Air quality in five major cities in Oregon was the worst on record as the state continues to be blanketed by thick smoke from wildfires ravaging ...

The remains of a fire damaged hotel sit, in the aftermath of the Beachie Creek fire in Gates, Oregon, on Sep 14, 2020. SACRAMENTO, California: Air quality in five major cities in Oregon was the worst on record as the state continues to be blanketed by thick smoke from wildfires ravaging nearly 5 million acres in the US West, environmental officials in the heavily forested state said.

Hardest hit is Oregon, where tiny bits of smoke and ash known as particulates have reached the highest levels on record in Portland, Eugene, Bend, Medford and Klamath Falls, the state's Department of Environmental Quality said on Tuesday.

 

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