A sign board at the McKenzie River Ranger Station makes clear the fire danger level in the Willamette National Forest, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Blue River, Ore. Several fires are burning in the area.(Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP)
September 7, 2017
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September 7, 2017 9:51 p.m.
2017 wildfire season among the worst
DENVER — Acrid yellow smoke clogs the skies of major Western U.S. cities, a human-caused fire in the Columbia River Gorge rains ash on Portland, Oregon, and a century-old backcountry chalet burns to the ground in Montana’s Glacier National Park.