# Air Quality Alert: Morrison; Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Benton; Isanti; Chisago — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-15 15:50 ingested 2026-07-16 08:17

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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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.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.