Canadian wildfire smoke prompts Ohio EPA air quality alert: The Wake Up for Thursday, July 16, 2026

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Canadian wildfire smoke from hundreds of active fires has blanketed the Great Lakes, Midwest, and Northeast regions. The Ohio EPA issued an air quality advisory as pollution reached unhealthy levels. Simultaneously, air quality concerns spiked in New York and New Jersey, where smoke shrouded the Manhattan skyline. In New York City and Toronto, the smoke turned the sun into a hazy, yellowish orb on Wednesday and Thursday, July 15 and 16, 2026.
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