MAP: Wallow Fire smoke pours across U.S.

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Smoke from the Wallow Fire has pushed through New York City. June10, 2011.
Photographer: http://mesowest.utah.edu

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Posted: 06/10/2011

As crews start to get a handle on the Wallow Fire , smoke continues to pour across the U.S. continent.

The wildfire in eastern Arizona had burned through more than 408,000 acres as of Friday.

A map posted on the U.S. Forest Service website show smoke from the Wallow Fire has drifted through the Midwest as far east as New Jersey, New York City, the southern tip of Massachusetts and over the Atlantic Ocean.

The smoke is also moving south and southeast into Mexico and through the Gulf of Mexico, through New Orleans and into northwestern Florida.

The heaviest smoke is seen heading northeast into New Mexico and into southern Kansas; through several Midwest and around New Orleans.

The Wallow fire started May 29 and is believed to be human caused.
 

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