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Canadian wildfire smoke rolls into county, stays for days

by editor on July 3, 2023

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by Kate Shunney

A visible haze that could have been mistaken for sultry summer weather last week was this area’s dose of smoke from wildfires burning in Quebec and western Canada.

A view of Warm Springs Ridge looking north toward Berkeley Springs shows the wildfire smoke haze hanging in the air on Thursday, June 29.

It was the second period in June when smoke from the north blanketed our area for days.

From Wednesday, June…