The smoky air hasn't affected Idaho's important farming sector because most crops have been harvested and the fall planting season has not started yet. Her sister last year was hospitalized with respiratory failure from wildfire smoke, recovered and "learned her lesson this year," Johnson said. ———WASHINGTONRelief is finally in sight for Seattle metropolitan area residents who have suffered through days of smoky skies from wildfires. A lightning-caused wildfire east of Mount Rainier National Park stood at 68 square miles (176 square kilometers) on Thursday and was 8 percent contained by 370 firefighters. It covers 164 square miles (424 square kilometers).

Source: ABC News September 07, 2017 21:59 UTC