Wildfires ramp up in the southwest, bringing smoke to Colorado
Wildfires ramp up in the southwest, bringing smoke to Colorado

Wildfire season has kick-started in the southwest and smoke has drifted into Colorado.

The Mescal and Telegraph fires west of Phoenix, Arizona sparked in the first week of June and have both burned over 70,000 acres.

Several more, smaller fires have recently been burning in southwest New Mexico and central Utah.