SEATTLE - Changing wind patterns around the cascades are going to impact the amount of wildfire smoke descending into the Puget Sound region on Tuesday as multiple fires burn in western Washington.

Wildfire smoke from the Bear Gulch Fire is affecting air quality across western Washington. Prolonged exposure to smoke can harm lungs, especially for vulnerable groups like children and seniors.

Much of the Seattle area experienced hazy weather due to wildfire smoke blowing in from the Bear Gulch Fire in Mason County, raising questions about air quality.

Seattleites awoke to find ash falling from the skies Tuesday morning, as Washington wildfires threatened communities on both sides of the Cascades. Two growing fires -- one near Crystal Mountain ski ...

TACOMA — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy killed in a Tacoma fire died of smoke inhalation. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office says Nehemiah Bonds was the child killed in the Wednesday duplex ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Wildfire smoke made the air quality unhealthy for everyone in downtown and North Seattle, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency said Wednesday morning. The agency said a plume of smoke from ...