Hazy skies from fires are reminiscent of 2023 when Chicago was the second-most-polluted major city in the country.

In the upper Midwest of the United States, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota have issued air quality warnings as smoke from the Prairie wildfires is dragged south by a cold front. Those warnings expanded into the Northeast, causing some hazy skies.

Some fire relief bills are still working their way through the Legislature, including some that could ease burdens on the FAIR Plan and improve the permitting process for rebuilding.

Parts of central Pennsylvania are under a code orange air quality alert, but the Midwest is seeing bigger air quality problems.

Firefighters have suppressed the large fire that broke out in north-central Oregon a week ago, as well as a small fire that triggered evacuation notices near Mosier. But new fires have triggered warnings in Wasco and Deschutes counties, officials say.

The CalAssist Mortgage Fund is designed for people who lost their homes in recent disasters between January 2023 and January 2025.

When the threat of wildfires forced power shutoffs in Calistoga, California, it meant firing up dirty diesel generators.

There’s still more work to be done, as people are responsible for more than half of the wildfires in the state.

Firefighters have seen a 483% increase in the number of wildfires in south Wales compared with 2024, after responding to more than 900 incidents so far this year. They said this year had been "incredibly challenging" so far due to dry and warm weather and a "significant" number of fires believed to have been deliberately started.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for much of state through Wednesday as smoke from wildfires burning in Canada settled across the upper Midwest.

The Manitoba Legislature has wrapped up for the season, and Steinbach MLA is reflecting on a session marked by change and challenges. Kelvin Goertzen says one of the biggest developments was the election of Obby Khan as the new leader of the Progressive Conservative caucus.