{"id":1780,"date":"2009-09-01T15:54:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T22:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2009-09-01T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T23:26:21","slug":"western-wildfires-send-smoke-over-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/western-wildfires-send-smoke-over-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Western wildfires send smoke over Colorado – Health warning issued"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The view of the Rocky Mountains from Denver is obscured by haze caused by smoke from wildfires burning across the western United States. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Update, 5:30pm<\/strong> – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued a smoke health advisory for northwest and north-central Colorado.\u00a0 The department warns that residents may wish to limit outside activity, particularly those with heart disease, respiratory illnesses, the very young, and the elderly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read the advisory in its entirety at the bottom of this story.<\/p>\n

Original post, 9\/1\/09, 3:54pm: <\/strong>The hazy, orange tinted skies over Denver on Monday were an unusual sight and a result of smoke traveling hundreds of miles from wildfires across the western United States. Satellite imagery released by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed plumes of smoke<\/a> moving northwest toward Colorado from as far away as Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)<\/a> reported 17 fires burning in states from Colorado west. Seven fires in California, three in Utah and two in Colorado are the primary ones causing smoke over the Mile High City.<\/p>\n

The largest of the blazes, the Station Fire in the foothills near Los Angeles<\/a>, exploded to more than 120,000 acres in recent days. In Utah, the Mill Flats Fire burning in the Dixie National Forest grew to more than 10,000 acres.<\/p>\n