Smoke

Families in Washington State are gearing up for summer fun with picnics, sports, and boating, Here are 5 tip that families can keep themselves healthy, despite the looming threat of wildfires.

The smoke has caused the Department of Ecology to issue its first air quality alert of the season for eight counties, including Adams, Ferry, and Okanogan.

A total of 19 firefighters responded to the scene.

It's wildfire season, here's how you can help and do your part to stop wildfires or any other sort of fires from happening.

As if we didn't already have enough smoke in the Yakima Valley this summer, we got a major dose couple of weeks ago and hardly anyone knew it when a certain stock car racing legend made a pit stop here.

These particles are so small they easily penetrate deep into the lungs and even into our bloodstream, leading to premature deaths, heart attacks and asthma attacks.

Nationally from 2012-2016, an average of 18,100 home structure fires were started by smoking, killing an average of 590 people per year.

California growers say the fires will be the single worst disaster in the wine-grape growing community.

The wind also helped grow wildfires that resulted in smokey hazy conditions that created unhealthy conditions for field workers.

Conditions aren't much better in the mountains as you can see in our pictures from White Pass on Sunday.