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The 52 forest fires in Quebec caused a haze of smoke to cover our area lowerng visibility to only three miles. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued an air-quality alert for almost all of eastern MA on Monday. Local fire departments fielded calls all day from frightened citizens.
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Monday, May 31st, 2010 at 9:01pm.172 Views, 0 Comments.
I find it pretty frightening that the haze I see outside my window is really a cloud of smoke coming down from Quebec Canada, 397 miles away. Walking outdoors today there was a distinct smell of smoke in the air. Yesterday the smoke covered Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The northeast winds sent the smoke as far as the Cape and the Islands today, causing visibility to be reduced to about three miles in places.
An air quality alert had been issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for northern Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and eastern Norfolk counties. The smoke was being generated from more than 52 forest fires in northern Quebec. Nine of the forest fires remain out of control.