The Bay Area Air District (BAAD) has issued an air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke from the Pickett Fire raging near Calistoga. The Air District is advising that smoke from the fire is expected to impact Sonoma,

Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties will likely be impacted by smoke from the Pickett Fire, the Air District said Thursday.

CBS12’s Victoria De Cardenas had traffic camera footage from Alligator Alley, where thick smoke still lingered despite some flames appearing to die down. Aerial footage from Wednesday showed the fire’s aggressive spread.

SEATTLE — Expect to see increased wildfire smoke in the Puget Sound region this weekend that could diminish air quality amid several days of hot temperatures. Smoke from the Island Creek Wildfire near Elk City, Idaho, will blow west and is forecast to make its way in the area by Saturday. The smoke will last through the weekend.

Officials issued an air quality advisory as smoke from the Flat Fire reached unhealthy levels in multiple counties.

Tens of thousands of people who fight wildfires spend weeks working in toxic smoke and ash wearing only a cloth bandanna, or nothing at all.

The photo was taken during an assignment covering the major wildfires in Patras, the third largest city of Greece.

Like much of the U.S., Chicago was under a thick hazy blanket of wildfire smoke, creating dangerous conditions for anyone who breathes, but especially for the elderly and children. As Chicagoans and others across the midwest and northeast stared up at the orangish sky and checked the air quality warnings on their phones,

A new wildfire ignited in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, and smoke from the flames is causing unhealthy air quality.