Air Quality Alert: Morrison; Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Benton; Isanti; Chisago

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Air Quality Alert — Morrison; Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Benton; Isanti; Chisago Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown. * WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is expected to reach the Maroon or Hazardous category. * WHERE...East central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Everyone is likely to be affected by wildfire smoke in these concentrations. Minor trace amounts of ashfall are likely and have been observed with the dense smoke. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Dense smoke is being pulled by a quasi- stationary front across central Minnesota. AQI values have already been observed in the Maroon/Hazardous concentration and will continue through the alert period. Smoke will gradually retreat northward and disperse, but is expected to remain in alert-level concentrations until at least Friday.