GLEN ARM, MD—Crews are on the scene of a large brush fire in the Glen Arm area. The fire was reported at around 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, 2023 in the area of Long Green Pike at Factory Road. Several units from different multiple fire companies are on the scene and the blaze continues to spread. There has been […]
BALTIMORE, MD—If you smell smoke in the air this afternoon, you’re not alone. The National Weather Service says a wildfire raging in eastern North Carolina was producing a smoky odor in the Baltimore area on Monday. A huge wildfire has burned over 5,200 acres in northeastern North Carolina and has led to the smell of smoke wafting over a large […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Clear skies may be hard to come by over the next few days. The National Weather Service reports that satellite imagery shows a large plume of wildfire smoke covering much of the central U.S. This smoke plume is expected to blanket the Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday and linger through at least Monday, as wildfires continue to ravage parts of […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Nottingham area for Tuesday, July 27th. After a brief respite thanks to a passing cold front, smoke from the West Coast wildfires will once again be moving into the area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The skies in Maryland have become a bit more hazy in recent days. The National Weather Service says this is due to smoke from the U.S. wildfires, which is getting transported across the country via the jet stream. The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and is so large and is burning […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—As reported on Monday, smoke from the wildfires on the west coast is causing hazy conditions throughout Maryland. “Smoke from the western U.S. wildfires is being carried by the jet stream across the Mid-Atlantic, causing a ‘hazy’ sky,” officials with the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington said on Tuesday afternoon. “A cross-section of the air above us shows the concentration […]
UPDATE: Hazy conditions persisted in Maryland on Tuesday. Original story below… —— NOTTINGHAM, MD—The skies over Maryland may be a bit hazier than usual this week, and the cause may not be what one would normally expect. The National Weather Service on Monday afternoon said that smoke from the wildfires plaguing the west coast were causing hazy conditions in the […]
WHITE MARSH, MD—The White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company said on Friday afternoon that units were responding to three separate calls in the area. Crews are responding to a crash along northbound Interstate 95 between I-695 and Route 43. The two left northbound lanes along I-95 are currently blocked. There has been no word on any injuries. Units are also responding […]