Smoke from wildfire 60 miles away blankets Denver

[steve2470]

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/smoke-from-wildfire-60-1456708.html

LOVELAND, Colo. — A northern Colorado wildfire 60 miles away wrapped Denver in a pungent cloud of smoke for several hours Tuesday, complicating the aerial offensive against the spreading mountain blaze and prompting officials to urge children and the elderly to stay indoors.

Downtown Denver was shrouded in an orange glow early Tuesday before a blanket of cold air trapping the fire pollution began to rise. The foothills stretching north to Fort Collins were virtually obscured by smoke, while closer to the 68-square-mile blaze, visibility on some highways was just a mile.

State health officials urged the elderly, children and those prone to asthma to stay indoors.

"The rule is if you can see or smell smoke, stay inside," Boulder County health specialist Chana Goussetis told the Daily Camera.

[DearAbby]

1. Up in the foothills,

I can't see Denver from here, or the haze. The wind here is coming from the North West, so no smell of smoke.

Every once in a while I can get a whiff of burnt wood, fleeting. I am a little west of Golden.

[likesmountains 52]

2. Daughter in Golden says they have to keep the windows closed or the house is smoky.

Hope they get a little control of that fire soon.

[Warpy]

3. It was like that a couple of weeks ago in northern NM

and air quality in southern NM has been fluctuating from moderate to bad.

What we need is a hurricane coming up either through the Sea of Cortez or up through Texas and raining itself out over the southwest.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. We're heading down that way the end of this month.

I hope things are cleared up by then. We usually have a lot of wildfires up here, but we had so much snow last winter and now so much rain that it's pretty quiet.

[villager]

5. Breathe deep, climate change deniers!

Of course, everyone else gets caught up in the inferno -- literal, metaphorical -- as well.