The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota starting Saturday at 11 p.m. through Sunday at 11 p.m. Wildfires have forced thousands to flee their homes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan,

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for the entire state of Minnesota, which will take effect at 11 p.m. on Saturday and continue until 11 p.m. on Sunday.

The air quality alert may need to be extended into Monday if an additional batch of heavy smoke materializes from Manitoba and Saskatchewan wildfires and is transported into and across