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Residents in the Rattlesnake valley woke up to Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy Air Quality on Thursday morning after some burning debris piles spread to nearby forest undergrowth producing heavy smoke.

Aerial water drops are being used on the forest fires.

Every summer, the National Forests in Idaho try to get some large scale burning done at really high elevations.

Summer is finally here and the Missoula City-County Health Department is already warning folks about wildfire smoke.

Some wildfire smoke has traveled to the Missoula area, but it is not from any wildfires in Montana.

As happy as Missoulians were to see the rain showers in western Montana, health department officials are saying the smoke problems will persist till further notice.

Smoke seems to be clouding the sky over Missoula today, Tuesday, July 31 and according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Travis Booth, the smoke is coming from far-away wildfires.

With all the unhealthy air condition warnings Missoula County received in 2017, the haze currently floating over western Montana might be a little bit concerning.

The Missoula Fire Department was called out around 1:30 Friday morning.

Tuesday's air quality suffered because of the constant smoke.