Smoke from Canadian wildfires causes air quality alert for southern Wisconsin Friday

Wisconsin DNR issues orange air quality advisory due to Canada wild fires

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) - Hazy conditions continue for Western Wisconsin caused by smoke coming from wild fires in Western Canada. “We have smoke from the Canadian wildfires kind of drifting through the region. It’s currently working it’s way through Minnesota. Kind of moving Northwest to Southeast,” said Craig Czarnecki. He is an air quality specialist with the Wisconsin DNR. It has led to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to i…

Air quality alert issued for Yakima County due to smoke coming from Canada wildfire

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. -- An air quality alert has been issued in Yakima County until Saturday morning due to residual wildfire smoke from Canada.The levels will

DNR issues air quality advisory because of Canadian wildfires

Alert will be in effect from late Thursday night to late Friday might

Canadian wildfires cause smoky conditions -- and some health risks -- in Lincoln

A health advisory due to smoky conditions was issued on Thursday afternoon by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department.

Canadian smoke causes air quality concerns in Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lincoln is under a health advisory because of smoke from wildfires in Canada. “Northerly winds combined with heavy smoke being generated by large wildfires in Canada are likely to result in levels of smoke in the air that are unhealthy for sensitive groups,” Gary Bergstrom, an official with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, said Thursday in...

Haze from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alert for the region

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for fine particle pollution in southwest Minnesota, including Nobles, Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Pipestone and Rock counties, through 6 a.m. Friday. According to the alert, some people may experience health effects, and sensitive groups, such as people with heart disease, lung disease, including asthma, as well as children and older adults, may experien…