Smoke from wildfires raging on the west coast made its way to Massachusetts on Monday, casting a thick haze over parts of the state and prompting officials to warn of potentially “unhealthy” air quality.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said in a tweet that plumes of smoke from the fires is “again causing fine particle levels to elevate into Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range today in all MA counties except Plymouth, Bristol & the Cape & Islands.”
Fires are burning in northern California, southern Oregon, Montana, Washington, and Canada.
These photos and videos show a look at the conditions in Boston and beyond.
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Smoke? Smog? Haze? Fog? Went outside and it smells like 🔥#boston #weather pic.twitter.com/9sEymWapFb
— Liz Double-U (@Landoliz) July 26, 2021
From Fenway, Downtown Boston is partly obscured by the smoky haze from the wildfires in the West pic.twitter.com/5pYFo4PVjN
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) July 26, 2021
Smoke from Oregon wildfires, thick enough to smell it in Boston, and change the color of the sunlight in my apartment. pic.twitter.com/3Y2Kw62g5U
— Molly Jarman (@MollyJarman) July 26, 2021
You can really see the smoke move in on the satellite. Particularly thick in MetroWest to Boston. Unmistakable scent in the air. pic.twitter.com/ebLXE3Xszz
— Dave Epstein (@growingwisdom) July 26, 2021
Normal day vs. today…..very hazy out there with all the smoke in the air. #MAwx pic.twitter.com/XqCHYpkLMz
— Will Ydrach ⛈ (@weatherguywill) July 26, 2021
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