Canada, Minnesota and air quality index
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Minnesota authorities warned of unhealthy levels of exposure to particles from wildfires. Symptoms include shortness of breath, heart attack. stroke.
All of Minnesota will experience poor air quality this weekend as smoke — both near the surface and at higher altitudes — invades from wildfires that are burning out of control in Canada. Minnesotans will be able to see and smell the smoke when it nears the surface.
Dozens of fires are burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, causing evacuations and states of emergency as smoke is being blown into the Midwest, causing air quality alerts.