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The smoke should clear after Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Many eastern Massachusetts residents woke up to the smell of smoke Monday morning as several eastern Massachusetts wildfires spread across the region.
Around 9 in the morning, Accueser smoke map From the North Shore south through Foxborough, it showed a smog blanketing large areas of the Boston metro area.
That smell of smoke several forest fires It happened over the weekend in Massachusetts. The National Weather Service issued a statement Friday night red flag warning warning of conditions that could lead to dangerous wildfire growth for all of Southern New England.
“Extremely dry weather and northwesterly winds will cause fires to spread quickly,” NWS Boston said wrote in a note on Friday.
The agency reiterated its warning in another statement on Monday.
“Woke up to the smell of smoke this morning, (Southern New England)?” Over the weekend, multiple wildfires consumed 100+ acres, largest in Salem, MA,” NWS Boston Wrote on X.
from the data National Interdepartmental Fire Fighting Center Shows dozens of recent wildfire incidents in Massachusetts, including the Salem fire and another in Millbury. took the woman’s life Saturday night. In Middleton, firefighters spent most of Sunday battling a brush fire near power lines adjacent to Upton Hills Road and Middleton Reservoir, with firefighters pulling out of the area as darkness fell overnight. Middleton Fire Department. As of 8:00 p.m. Sunday, the agency said the fire had burned about 50 acres.
Overnight and into Monday morning, Cambridge firefighters responded to several calls about the “smell of smoke” coming from the North Shore, Cambridge Fire Department. It was noted in a post on X. According to NWS Boston, surface inversion — mainly because of the temperature difference between the layers of air in the sky — kept the smoke close to the ground.
However, NWS Boston said the smoke should “mix in” in the morning.
On social networks, Greater Boston residents and journalists share their photos, videos, and complaints about smoke and going with it the smell of a campfire.
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