Over the last several days after last weekend’s record cold and snow, the air quality in the Missoula Valley deteriorated, according to Missoula City County Health Department Air Quality Specialist Sarah Coefield.
With the Magpie Rock Fire burning over 2,000 acres in Sanders County and several other smaller fires burning in the Mission and Flathead areas, smoke is making its way into the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys.