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The alert is in effect for the Susquehanna Valley, the Philadelphia metro area and the Lehigh Valley/Berks County area through Wednesday night.

The state DEP said that smoke from the wildfires in eastern Canada would likely increase the amount of fine particular matter in the air Wednesday.

Due to wildfires burning in Quebec and Ottawa, Canada, air quality is low in the Philadelphia region again on Wednesday.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Smoke pollution has put dozens of central North Carolina counties, including the Piedmont Triad, under a “Code Red” warning for air quality, according to the Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection. The Forsyth County EAP says this is the first time that the Triad has been under a Code […]

The wildfires are burning over 1,000 miles away, but smoke is being carried by upper level winds

Code Orange conditions are expected for eastern North Carolina, while a Code Red alert has been issued for much of central North Carolina.

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, June 7: Vehicle catches fire in Penn Township garage A vehicle caught fire in a Penn Township home’s attached garage early Wednesday morning. Crews were called to the 100 block of McDermott Road around 1:15 a.m., according to

Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.

A code orange air quality alert will be in effect Wednesday as smoke from eastern Canadian wildfires continues to move into the region.

The Lehigh Valley hasn’t seen widespread smoke like this since 2002.