Air quality alerts are now in place for 10 states from Minnesota to Connecticut and, on Tuesday afternoon, Boston is expected to see a nice break from the smoke thanks to onshore winds keeping smoke inland as Detroit and New York City may catch more of a break due to winds from the east as well.

Smoke from nearly 200 uncontrolled wildfires in Canada is triggering widespread air quality alerts across the Upper Midwest and Northeast. Fires in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario have scorched more than 16.