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You’re not imagining that campfire smell — thick smoke from Canadian wildfires has settled over Minnesota again, with air quality now unhealthy for everyone.
KSTP FORECAST FIRST ALERT TODAY FOR TWIN CITIES/WESTERN WISCONSIN BECAUSE OF CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE PRODUCING UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF SMOKE: Northwest Winds blowing over Minnesota and Wisconsin Today will bring significant amounts of Smoke from Canada Wildfires – people with Respiratory Illness should avoid long periods of time outdoors Today through Sunday morning and even Healthy
The Pollution Control Agency has issued a statewide air quality alert through 9 a.m. Monday because of Canadian wildfire smoke.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggered a statewide warning Friday about unhealthy air that will run through Monday morning. Smoke arrived in northwest Minnesota Friday morning and was moving east in the afternoon,
Wildfires continue to burn in Canada, and the smoke is filling communities there and towns across the U.S. border.
Minnesota faces a severe air quality warning until Monday morning. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is urging people to avoid or limit outdoor activities.
It’s been awhile since we’ve had an air quality alert, but that’s changing. Northern Minnesota is under an alert for unhealthy air until 6pm due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. No alerts in the Twin Cities but Chris Shaffer says it may get hazy.
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Six Republican members of Congress – four of them from Minnesota – have called on Canada to impose 'better forest management.'
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.