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Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jun 20Nevada and Arizona Wildfires Send Smoke Into Salt Lake City as Haze Settles Over Utah County
2 articles · Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jun 20Summary
- Smoke and haze spread across the Wasatch Front on June 20, dimming skies in Salt Lake City and settling over Utah County.
- Utah fire officials said the pollution was drifting in from large wildfires in Nevada and Arizona, not from Utah’s Iron or Sawmill fires.
- The episode underscores how major regional fires can degrade air conditions well beyond state lines across northern Utah.
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Wildfire smoke travels thousands of miles. Is any city truly safe from its toxic reach? With record heat and low snowpack, is this the new normal for the American West? A fire prevention method saves billions, so why are we failing to use it?