Smoke from regional wildfires drifted into the Willamette Valley this weekend, causing hazy conditions. The air quality may be affected through mid-week.
The smell of smoke was strong in the South Willamette Valley this weekend. Air quality monitors were at moderate for Eugene /Springfield and up to unhealthy for Oakridge. Sarah Saarloos is with the Deception Complex of Fires:
Saarloos: "So we are definitely contributing to that smoke but there are some other fires within the area and also in Northern California that, what we're seeing is that a lot of the smoke combining and becoming a large mass of smoke that's impacting a lot of the west coast of Oregon."
Saarloos says overnight humidity may keep the smoke at lower elevations through Wednesday.
The Deception Complex of fires is burning about 3,700 acres west of Oakridge. A blaze spotted Friday afternoon 25 miles west of Cottage Grove grew to nearly 750 acres. The Yellow Point fire is 15 percent contained.