Winds and lightning strikes stoke Oregon fire, now the largest in the U.S.
![In this photo provided by Alison Oszman, a fast-moving wildfire near the Oregon-Idaho border moves toward a home on Rye Valley Lane in Huntington, Ore., on Wednesday afternoon.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1716x1144+0+0/resize/1716x1144!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2F24%2Ff4d85d7241bb92b1bcc097b9f311%2Fap24207074371804.jpg)
Smoke from the Durkee Fire in Oregon was choking the air in Boise, Idaho, and beyond. An air quality warning was in effect for the entire region on Wednesday.
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