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Redding Record Searchlight on MSNGreen Fire smoke pushes air quality to hazardous levels over parts of Shasta CountyAir pollution levels over Redding and parts of Shasta County are close to hazardous levels at times, due to heavy Green Fire smoke and pollutants.
Though much of the wildfire smoke will remain high up in the atmosphere, a portion will mix with air on the surface, impacting air quality.
Amid hot, dry weather in Northern California, a lightning-sparked fire near Shasta Lake has grown to almost 12,000 acres. The Green Fire started July 1 along the lake’s Pit River arm. Evacuations were ordered Friday, July 11, for about 110 square miles of sparsely populated national forest in Shasta County.
Summer heat will return to the Twin Cities on Monday as air quality concerns linger for parts of Minnesota. The week will start dry and warm, with highs near 90 in the metro. The northern half of the state remains under an air quality alert through 6 p.m. due to Canadian wildfire smoke, the National Weather Service said.
Wildfire smoke is still impacting the air quality in Western Colorado. Temperatures will also be hot, but rain is possible later in the week.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggered a statewide warning Friday about unhealthy air that will run through Monday morning. Smoke arrived in northwest Minnesota Friday morning and was moving east in the afternoon,
The Dragon Bravo Fire has destroyed dozens of structures and a water treatment facility, and the White Sage Fire, located in Kaibab National Forest, has forced hundreds to evacuate.