While many of us in Upstate New York dealt with smog and smoke on Tuesday from the Canadian wildfires, take a look at what residents of New York City dealt with throughout the day today.
It could be another smoky weekend in Minnesota. The state Pollution Control Agency has expanded a previously issued air quality alert for the north half of Minnesota to include the southern half of the state through noon on Sunday.
Retirement communities built on golf courses, semi-rural racehorse stables and other usually serene sites were engulfed by flames as the San Diego area became the latest front in California’s wildfire fight.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- California's newest huge wildfire advanced on thousands of homes Wednesday, feeding on drought-stricken vegetation and destroying an untold number of structures as it expanded to nearly 47 square miles.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) -- Alberta has declared a state of emergency as crews frantically held back wildfires that have torched 1,600 homes in Canada's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, forcing more than 80,000 residents to flee.