1.   Acrid smoke blankets the area.

2.   Forest fires in southern Mexico have added to the strain as smoke has blanketed Texas and other states.

3.   Smoke blanketed the sky, turning the blue to marshmallow white.

4.   Dense smoke from wildfires blanketed parts of Florida Sunday, threatening to close highways but posing little immediate risk to homes or businesses.

5.   Smoke blanketed several villages in the Khabarovsk region on Thursday, prompting day care centers to keep children indoors, ITAR-Tass said.

6.   The fires raged for much of the day and thick black smoke blanketed the city, hampering rescue efforts.

7.   Thick smoke blanketed nearby Phoenix, the state capital.