Agency declares Code Orange for air quality on Monday
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for particulate matter from wildfire smoke for Monday in Bradford, Cameron, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Wayne, and Wyoming counties. On Monday, smoke from wildfires in central Canada will push into northern Pennsylvania, elevating fine particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) into the Code ORANGE range. Sensitive groups of the population including children, older ...