Smoke from Canada wildfires tinges the sky over Southeast Alaska

Southeast Alaska has almost a full week of sunshine ahead, but those blue skies will be slightly dingy with smoke from wildfires in Canada. Numerous fires are burning across British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and even as far away as Alberta. And they’re producing just enough smoke to start hazing up the skies in the Panhandle – especially in the southern half, which contains Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan.

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