The particles can trigger asthma, heart attacks, strokes, and other health concerns. Particle pollution is associated with certain cancers, dementia, and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes.

Sunday could see possible showers and downpours. Air quality has improved, but the wildfire smoke is still hanging in the air. Matt Hoenig has how high temperatures could reach at the beginning of the work week.

Air quality will make some improvements on Sunday with varying amounts of cloud cover. Hot and humid weather is expected to the start the work week before a cold front enters midweek, helping to cool off temps and dewpoints for the end of the work week.

A lawnmower ignited a large fire Friday afternoon that burned at least 24 apartments in two different buildings near the Millcreek-Holladay border. Smoke could be seen for miles.

Limit time outdoors,” Environment and Climate Change Canada advises everyone as it issues special air-quality advisory for large parts of the province, including Montreal.

Canadian wildfire official told us they are not expecting smokey conditions to clear up over the course of the summer.

A wildfire has burned through a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, prompting evacuations. On Saturday, residents of Kryoneri received three SMS messages to evacuate to safe areas.

As a large swath of Manitoba deals with heavy wildfire smoke polluting the air, others in the province are starting the weekend amidst suffocating heat and humid conditions.