As of Aug. 6, there are about 750 active Canadian wildfires, with at least 190 labeled “out of control,” according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 16 million acres (6.8 million hectares) of land have been scorched this year, making this one of Canada’s worst wildfire seasons on record.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing air quality concerns for millions of Americans in the Midwest and Northeast.  Air quality alerts were in effect Tuesday in several states, including Michigan and New York.

Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a twofold blow of wildfires in the West and in Canada have sent smoke pouring across large sections of the country — a problem that’s set to linger for days.