Photos: Wildfires continue to scorch the West – Sept. 16

Sep. 16, 2020 at 5:30 am Updated Sep. 16, 2020 at 3:59 pm

Seen looking toward Tacoma, cars cross over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which is shrouded by thick haze from wildfires in Washington and Oregon. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Traffic on I-5, as seen from the Northeast 45th Street overpass, moves through the thick haze of smoke from fires in Washington and Oregon. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

A boat glides into the smoke and fog hovering Lake Union on Tuesday. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Heavy smoke from wildfires envelops the Willamette Bridge and downtown Portland, Ore., on Wednesday. Dangerous air quality from the West Coast wildfires is seeping into homes and businesses, sneaking into cars through air conditioning vents and preventing people already shut away by the coronavirus pandemic from enjoying a walk at the park. (Don Ryan / Associated Press)

Castle Snider, 8, looks on as flames engulf the hillsides behind his backyard as the Bobcat Fire burns near homes in Monrovia, Calif. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times / TNS)

Sunrise at Surf City on Long Beach Island in New Jersey shows the sun shrouded in smoke and brown haze on Tuesday. While the dangerous plumes are forcing people inside along the West Coast, residents thousands of miles away in the East are seeing unusually hazy skies and remarkable sunsets. (Elizabeth Laird / Associated Press)

Firefighters from Glendale engine 21, monitor the progress of a controlled burn as flames from the Bobcat Fire approach homes on Oakglade Dr. on Tuesday. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / TNS)

Through thick haze from fires in Washington and Oregon, traffic at right heads northbound on I-5 in Seattle on Tuesday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Angeles National Forest fire crew on their way to create fire line as Bobcat fire continues to burn above Arcadia in Chantry Flat Angeles National Forest on Tuesday in Arcadia, Calif. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / TNS)

Through thick haze from fires in Washington and Oregon, a plane taxis to the first runway, ready for takeoff, at Seattle-Tacoma International airport on Tuesday. Because of smoky conditions, Alaska airlines cancelled flights to Spokane and Portland until 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Keith Davis, a member of Washington Task Force One Search and Rescue squad, directs Asher while conducting operations on Tuesday in Blue River, Ore., one of the areas affected by the Holiday Farm Fire. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP, Pool)

Helen Alvarez washes fire retardant off her Talent, Ore., home on Tuesday. The Almeda Fire tore through the area and leveled all the homes across the street from her. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

This aerial image shows homes leveled by the Almeda Fire line at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

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