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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

St. Paul had the worst air quality in the United States on Wednesday as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires drifted across Minnesota a week after similar smoke blanketed the northeastern U.S.

The smoke was “near the worst” on record for the Twin Cities, the Star-Tribune reported, citing Nick Witcraft, an air-quality meteorologist with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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