Hundreds of Canada wildfires prompt US air quality alerts as smoke spreads south

The BBC is reporting that more than eight hundred wildfires burning across Canada have pushed smoke south into the United States, triggering air quality alerts. According to BBC World, the haze has reached cities from Toronto to New York, along with parts of the US Midwest. The feed does not include further detail on the fires' cause or extent.

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