Massive wildfires in West bring haze to East Coast
By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT PORTLAND, Ore. — Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that’s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to six miles high. Skies over New York City were hazy Tuesday as strong winds blew smoke east from California, Oregon, Montana and other states. Oregon’s Bootleg Fire grew to 606 square miles, half the size of Rhode Island. Fires also grew on both sides of California’s Sierra Nevada.…