Quebec Wildfire Smoke Causes Widespread Smog Warnings, Grounds Some Water Bombers

Quebec Wildfire Smoke Causes Widespread Smog Warnings, Grounds Some Water Bombers
The skyline of Montreal is obscured by a haze of smog, June 25, 2023. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Smoke continued to billow from wildfires burning across northern Quebec on Monday, grounding water bombers and causing widespread smog warnings farther south.

There were 114 fires burning across the province as of Monday morning, including  29 considered out of control, according to a spokesman for the province’s forest fire prevention agency.