"Some of the worst I've ever seen by the sheer size of the fires," Joe Meyer, an advanced fire training specialist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, recalled to WCCO. "Just to see the walls of fire that were 100 feet over the treetops and a mile long and tearing through the forest up there.

West-Northwest Winds will continue to bring Smoke south from Canada into Minnesota Today and at times Air Quality in the Twin Cities may be Poor this morning into the afternoon otherwise expect Sunny Skies with highs in the low 80s and West-Northwest Winds at 5 to 10 mph.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - An air quality alert has been issued for all of Minnesota starting Sunday due to wildfire smoke from Canada. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota starting Sunday at 9 a.m. until 9 a.m. Tuesday.