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That area includes Montreal, which has experienced several smog days this week, and Quebec City.

°µÍø½ûÇø Canada has issued an air quality alert for other areas further north, including parts of the province's far north.

Quebec's wildfire prevention agency says there are 96 fires currently burning in the province, including one new fire reported on Friday, though only three are considered out of control.

All Quebec residents who had been forced from their homes by the blazes have been allowed to return, though an evacuation order remains in place for a rural area with 60 cottages in the city of Senneterre, Que.

This report by °µÍø½ûÇø was first published July 1, 2023.