Environment Canada issues air quality statements for N.B. over wildfire smoke

Environment Canada issued air quality statements for the entirety of New Brunswick on Tuesday due to smoke from wildfires burning in central Canada.

According to the statement, the smoke is “being carried over the province today with satellite images showing a smoke plume extending through the northwestern New Brunswick.”

“This smoke may descend close to the ground and reduce air quality for several hours,” the statement said.

Get daily National news

Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.

Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up

By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

“The smoke plume will continue to sweep southeastward throughout the day and could affect southern regions by this afternoon. The smoke is expected to move out of the province later on Wednesday which will lead to an improvement in air quality for all areas.”

In neighbouring Quebec, the national forecaster also issued smog warnings for the southern part of the province over “high concentrations of fine particulates” caused by smoke from fires in northwestern Ontario.

Hundreds of forest fires are currently burning in Canada, many of which are in B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

There has been no air quality statements issued for Nova Scotia as of 11 a.m.