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Canada deployed its military to help overwhelmed local authorities and emergency workers fight intensifying wildfires, which have burned nearly 25 million acres of the country's land so far this year.
If the air quality rating increases to Code Red, the Erie Port Authority said participants to follow the guidance of the DEP.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been issuing warnings about air quality, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. On June 29 it declared a Code Red Air Quality
Air quality has reached record-low levels because of Canadian wildfire smoke. These maps and charts show how widespread and frequent the unhealthy air has been.
HARRISBURG — The state Department of Environmental Protection has declared a statewide Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Friday for particulate matter from the smoke from Canadian wildfires.