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Smoke from the Pacific Northwest wildfires lingers over Philly and much of the nation Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer The sun sets behind the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on Tuesday, filtered through the haze of smoke drifting into our region from the wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Shrouds of smoke from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest again are congesting the skies over the Philadelphia region and much of the nation and they are forecast to persist for a good part of Wednesday. While smoky haze from distant wildfires isn’t all that unusual, said Tom Kines, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc., “to have it this thick, it doesn’t happen very often.”

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