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Photos: West Coast wildfires rage on – Sept. 17

Sep. 17, 2020 at 5:30 am Updated Sep. 17, 2020 at 2:27 pm

The sun made a brief appearance before disappearing into the haze before sunset Wednesday in Seattle. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

Through thick haze from fires in Washington and Oregon, a boat heads underneath the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on Wednesday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Facades stand among rubble at the Parkview Townhomes in Talent, Ore., on Wednesday, following the Almeda Fire. (Noah Berger / The Associated Press)

Haze from wildfires burning across the West wraps the Denver skyline in a milky veil on Wednesday. (David Zalubowski / The Associated Press)

A man examines residences destroyed by the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore., on Wednesday. (Noah Berger / The Associated Press)

Landscape blackened by Bobcat fire along Angeles Crest Highway reaching less than 500 feet from the famed Mt. Wilson Observatory on Wednesday in Angeles National Forest, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Seattle Times photo staff

Seattle Times photo staff

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