Sisters skies obscured by smoke

A haze of smoke drifting down from fires in Washington created a smog-like haze over the Sisters area on Thursday, July 8.

According to the U.S. Forest Service, the smoke was "residual" from the Pot Peak, Freezeout and Beebe Bridge fires.

The Beebe Bridge fire is four miles east of Chelan, Washington, and is 70 percent contained at 4,200 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

Freezeout is 65 miles northeast of Bellingham, Washington and is only 17 percent contained at 150 acres.

The 7,550-acre Pot Peak fire is 15 miles west of Chelan. It is 35 percent contained.