Gaps in wildfire smoke warning network leave many exposed
Smoke from a wildfire obscures a stand of trees on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, near Ashland, Mont. In southeastern Montana, communities in and around the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation were ordered to evacuate as the Richard Spring Fire grew amid erratic winds. (Matthew Brown/Associated Press)
BILLINGS (AP) — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke plumes sweeping North America this summer, amid growing concern over potential health impacts to millions of people exposed to the pollution...
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