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Major Fires Burns Across Washington, Montana and Oregon

HeadlineSep 06, 2017

In more climate-related news, widespread fires continue to burn across the Pacific Northwest. Montana Governor Steve Bullock has declared a statewide fire disaster, calling the blazes “unprecedented.” Washington Governor Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency. On Tuesday, Seattle residents awoke to ash falling from the sky as a result of the widespread fires burning across the state. Satellite images also showed Washington state nearly entirely covered in smoke from the fires.

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