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Maine’s skies are getting smoky again — and it’s not just nostalgia. For decades, the Northeast stayed mostly smoke-free from Canadian wildfires, but since 2023, summer air quality alerts have become routine. The culprit? Fires in Canada are burning hotter and covering more ground — even if there are fewer of them. When wind patterns align, that dense smoke travels south, turning Maine’s once-clear skies into hazy, unhealthy ones. It’s not the number of fires, but their intensity and reach that’s changing the game.

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