A wildfire burning in Shasta County has torched nearly 3,000 acres and prompted evacuations since it began last week and the smoke was blanketing parts of the Sacramento Valley Sunday.The Shoe Fire northwest of Shasta Lake,

The fire is far away from our area, but a northerly breeze is making parts of the valley smell like smoke Sunday morning.

A wildfire burning in Shasta County has torched nearly 3,000 acres since it began last week and the smoke was blanketing parts of the Sacramento Valley Sunday.

Smoke from the Shoe Fire in Shasta County is negatively impacting air quality across Northern California. KCRA 3 Meteorologist Heather Waldman said that the smoke is drifting down the Valley on Sunday and bringing air quality levels near an unhealthy range in many spots.