Wildfire smoke chokes small towns, big cities across West

The smoke from massive wildfires hangs like fog over large parts of the West, an irritating haze that has caused health concerns, forced sports teams to change schedules and disrupted life from tiny Seeley Lake, Montana, to Seattle.

Air quality has been rated unhealthy in cities across the region because of the blazes that show no signs of abating. Officials said Friday one of the worst wildfire seasons in the U.S. in terms of area burned is likely to continue scorching Western states and blanketing large swaths with smoke until cooler weather patterns with rain or snow arrive later in the fall.