The smoke should fade away later on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Many Bay Staters awoke to the smell of smoke Monday morning as the haze from several Eastern Massachusetts brush fires made its way throughout the region.
Around 9 a.m., Accuweather’s smoke map showed a belt of smog stretching from the North Shore down south past Foxborough, blanketing large swaths of Boston’s metro area.
That smoky odor follows several wildfires that broke out in Massachusetts over the weekend. On Friday night, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for all of Southern New England, sounding the alarm about conditions that could lead to dangerous wildfire growth.
“Very dry conditions and gusty northwest winds will cause fires to spread quickly should they start,” NWS Boston wrote in a Friday alert.
The agency reiterated its warning in another statement Monday.
“Waking up to the smell of smoke this morning, [Southern New England]? Numerous wildfires broke out over the weekend with the largest consuming 100+ Acres in Salem, MA,” NWS Boston wrote on X.