Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states muddled through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Canada Friday.
So where do things stand over the border and could more smoke be in store?
Air quality warnings were expected to remain in effect through Saturday across a wide swath of the Chicago area and parts of the U.S.
The smoky conditions won’t be gone anytime soon as fires burn unchecked across a remote region of Canada, cautioned Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service based in Maryland. Wildfires in a wilderness area in Minnesota are also contributing to the smoke.
“The source of the smoke is going to continue on for certainly a week, probably,” he said. “So in some form, there’s going to be smoke that gets transported from the fires downstream, and it’s just going to depend upon which way the wind’s blowing as to where the smoke is going to affect the most.”
How long a reprieve lasts depends on what happens hundreds of miles north, as some 100 wildfires burn without end in sight, largely in the Ontario area in Canada. In the U.S., officials have closed the Boundary Waters while battling multiple fires.
In the Chicago area, the smoke is expected to return through the weekend at least.
At least 897 wildfires are burning in Canada, 202 of them out of control, according to a report from the Canada Interagency Forest Fire Center on Friday, July 17.
Where are the fires in Canada?
Wildfires in Canada are active in British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Sastkachewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Parks Canada, according to the Canada Interagency Forest Fire Centre .
The provinces of Ontario and Quebec and the Northwest Territories are the most affected areas, with more than 180 active fires, according to the Canadian agency.
Ontario provincial officials said Friday morning that there were 191 active wildfires.
“Of those, 81 are considered out of control, 88 are under observation, 11 are contained, and 11 are under control,” they said.
So far, 10 communities have already been evacuated or have evacuations underway, while more than 150 fire brigades are working on the ground with equipment, water bombers and helicopters, Canadian authorities added.
Map of the fires in Canada
Here’s a look at the wildfire map as of 5:30 p.m. CT:
See the latest updates here.
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