At one point it was within one mile of burning into the small ranching and hunting town of Meeker, about 150 miles west of Denver. “They were here so fast.”Late last week, when the fire was closer to Meeker, Morgan packed her car with photo albums, documents and other essentials as residents were told to be ready to evacuate. Canada wildfires cause poor air quality in the midwest and northeast U.S. Health officials from Minnesota to Maine have issued alerts warning of poor air quality from wildfires burning in Canada. “That was a little dicey.”Poor air quality continues to be a concern in western Colorado and in Southern California, where the Gifford Fire has also burned more than 117,000 acres. The weather outlook across the Southwest is for continued hot, dry and windy conditions through this week.