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Minnesota Records Record Air Pollution as Canadian Wildfire Smoke Spreads Over Region

HeadlineJun 15, 2023

Here in the United States, thick smoke from dozens of wildfires burning in Canada settled over Wisconsin and Minnesota on Wednesday, triggering air quality alerts for “very unhealthy” levels of fine particle and ozone pollution. The air quality index topped 240 in the Twin Cities — the region’s worst levels on record.

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