MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7-19-2011
Canadian Forest Fires Causing Smoke over U.P.
A heavy layer of smoke covering the Central and Western Upper Peninsula is the result of forest fires burning in Ontario, Canada . Citizens across the affected area have been calling public safety officials with concerns about the smoke.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources spotter planes have been up th is morning checking the area for the source of the smoke. Pilots report that the smoke is coming from Canada and is blowing across Lake Superior and over the Central and Western Upper Peninsula.
There are no reports of any fires in the Upper Peninsula .
For an image of the drifting smoke and where the Canadian forest fires are located, please go to this link:
http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
For more information, please call the DNR Upper Peninsula fire officer on duty at 906-249-1497, or Debbie Munson Badini at 906-226-1352.
Click To Submit Press Releases, News, Calendar Items, and Community Events to mediaBrew radio stations WFXD, WKQS, WRUP, GTO, Fox Sport Marquette, and 106.1 The Sound
Marquette, Michigan Calendar; Ishpeming Calendar; Negaunee Calendar; Gwinn Calendar; Negaunee Calendar and Events; Upper Peninsula Calendar of Events; Escanaba Events and Calendar