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Al Jazeera
Environment
Al Jazeera Staff

Wildfires prompt hazy skies, air quality warnings in Canada, US

A firefighter sprays down a flare-up while tackling the Shelburne wildfires in Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 2 [Communications Nova Scotia/Handout via Reuters]

The smoke from more than 150 wildfires burning in the Canadian province of Quebec has caused “milky” and hazy skies in parts of Ontario and the northeastern United States, prompting authorities to warn of poor air quality.

The government agency Environment Canada issued a “special air quality” statement on Tuesday for the capital Ottawa and Toronto, the country’s largest city, warning that “high levels of air pollution have developed due to smoke from forest fires”.

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