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Code Red: Some Masking Up After Air Quality Alerts Issued For All Of MD, Northern VA Code Red: Some Masking Up After Air Quality Alerts Issued For All Of MD, Northern VA
Code Red: Some Masking Up After Air Quality Alerts Issued For All Of MD, Northern VA Some residents in the DMV region are breaking their N95 masks out as the air quality throughout the region continues to deteriorate.  A "Code Red" alert has been issued in the area as smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to infiltrate the East Coast, causing eye-watering, hazy, and potentially dangerous conditions. Code Red Air Quality Alerts continue for all of MD, northern VA, and eastern WV through this afternoon as Canadian wildfire smoke filters into the region. The smoke lingers into Friday although improvements are likely with southerly winds. #MDwx #VAwx #DCwx #WVwx pic.…
Air Quality Expected To Reach Danger Zones Along East Coast Air Quality Expected To Reach Danger Zones Along East Coast
Air Quality Expected To Reach Danger Zones Along East Coast Smoke from Canadian wildfires continue to travel south down the East Coast, and residents along the East Coast are starting to feel the impact. The Maryland Department of the Environment issued an alert on Tuesday, June 6, warning that "significant wildfire smoke" from fires in Canada will impact air quality throughout Maryland over the next several days (click here to check the air quality in your town). According to AirNow.gov, Wednesday, June 7 was expected to be in the red zone, the danger zone, in Baltimore, and parts of the Philadelphia suburbs. Smoke & haze from wildfires in…
Here's What We Know About The I-795 Tanker Truck Crash, Fire In Pikesville Here's What We Know About The I-795 Tanker Truck Crash, Fire In Pikesville
Here's What We Know About The I-795 Tanker Truck Crash, Fire In Pikesville Officials say that the driver of a fuel tanker that went up in flames in Maryland on Friday morning, closing I-795, has been rushed to Shock Trauma in Baltimore in serious condition. Shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday, March 24, Maryland State Police troopers and other first responders were called to a stretch of I-795 in Pikesville, when a crash was reported, causing a massive fire and sending black smoke billowing throughout the area. .@mdsp investigating a tanker truck crash on NB I795. The driver of the truck was transported to Shock trauma for treatment of their injuries. No other in…