COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to cause hazy conditions Friday in the Panhandle.
Air monitors throughout western Canada have indicated smoke has traveled over Calgary and down into North Idaho and beyond, according to Dan Smith, regional airshed coordinator for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, who spoke with The Press earlier this week.
States throughout the West and central U.S. have posted air quality alerts, according to national reports.
Locally, conditions are expected to improve over the weekend.
“High haze from Canadian fires should clear out Saturday,” said the DEQ’s North Idaho Air Quality and Burn Forecast for the weekend, released Friday.
Fires across western Canada have burned more than 1,800 square miles. Fires sending smoke into the Panhandle are mainly in the province of Alberta, north of Idaho.
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