PHILADELPHIA - Multiple wildfires burning across Canada are sending smoke into the northeastern United States, making it hard to see and breathe.
Philadelphia issued a Code Red for air quality, while the rest of the region is under a Code Orange, as health departments urge people to stay indoors and keep windows closed.Looking to Philadelphia’s skyline from just north of the city, Pennsylvania’s founder, William Penn, atop City Hall, was barely visible in the haze.
From the very break of dawn, a curtain of muted brown shrouded the city, prompting health officials to issue the urgent warning."The air around us has thousands of tiny particles in it.
We don’t want them inside our lungs. Once in the tiny passageways, they’re very difficult to get out," Philadelphia Health Commissioner, Dr.