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Gainesville’s air quality second-worst in state as wildfire smoke drifts south

Mid-day traffic moves along John Morrow Jr. Parkway Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Gainesville. Gainesville has the second-worst air quality in the state as the smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts south. - photo by Scott Rogers

06092023 AIR 1.jpg — Mid-day traffic moves along John Morrow Jr. Parkway Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Gainesville. Gainesville has the second-worst air quality in the state as the smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts south. - photo by Scott Rogers

You may have noticed an especially red and hazy sunrise in northeast Georgia Thursday morning as the smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketing the northeast drifts further south.