Stinky Fires in MN making IL Smell Bad!

edugosh

At lunch time I noticed that it stunk outside in our parking lot and smelled like burning rubber or something-- figured a local factory/warehouse had a fire and it was the same a mile down the road.  THEN, it turns out that a forest fire in MN that started from a lightning strike on August 18th can now be smelled in Chicago and it only makes my air quality WORSE!  I hope this smell blows away soon and that they get this fire under control!

chrissc34

I smell it and see it smoke like sky.  I'm in a suburb of Chicago.  Messing with my allergies:(

 

awantoch

Wisconsin too!  I was going to go for a walk during lunch but there was no way that was going to happen with that smell!! 

SaintDorothyMantooth

Okay, I know this makes me crazy, but I actually LOVE the smell of the fires... When I was a teenager, we moved to the desert outside of Las Vegas and every summer the fires started around August/September and we would sit on my parents back porch at night and watch the sky glow from the flames.  The smell always reminded me that fall was just around the corner

That said, forest fires are VERY scary when they're out of control and I hope MN and TX see relief soon!  

raspberry_bride

I smelled it today too in Toronto.  I was thinking that there must have been a big fire somewhere nearby, but then I heard on the news that it is coming from MN.

jayleigh68

Lol I totally thought IL stood for in-laws. Haha I was wrong!!