Air quality alerts across Minnesota as wildfire smoke spreads

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for large sections of the state — including the Twin Cities, Duluth, Ely, Rochester and Mankato — as fine-particle pollution from wildfire smoke reached the 'red,' or unhealthy-for-everyone, category.

Officials extended Boundary Waters permit cancellations through Friday, July 24. Evacuation orders continued to expand under the Ready, Set, Go protocol, with parts of Schroeder, Tofte, Lutsen and the city of Winton moved into 'READY' status.

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