Canadian wildfires drive smoke into North Idaho
The Bald Mountain Wildfire burns in the Grande Prairie Forest Area on Friday, May 12, 2023 in this image provided by the Government of Alberta. (Government of Alberta Fire Service/Canadian Press via AP)
This map from the FireSmoke Canada website, the Canadian portal for information about wildland fire weather and smoke, shows the smoke dropping down into the U.S. and North Idaho. This was the current forecast for 5 p.m. Friday.
COEUR d'ALENE — Smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to cause hazy conditions Friday in the Panhandle....