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Smoke clouds from the Eagle Creek Fire obscure the sun above Multnomah Falls, Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017, near Troutdale, Ore (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP)

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The West had a snowy winter, so why the fiery summer?
September 8, 2017 3:20 p.m.

The West had a snowy winter, so why the fiery summer?

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.