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Alberta Says Landfill Fire Smoke Low Risk for Calgary

By Drooid · Sep 16, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC · How we work

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Alberta Environment Minister Grant Hunter said landfill fire smoke poses low health risk for most Calgary residents.
The province deployed a mobile air-quality laboratory to monitor fine and coarse particulate matter.
PM2.5 from the smoke was the only pollutant exceeding Alberta’s ambient air quality guidelines.
The fire ignited Sept. 6 at ECCO Recycling’s former landfill, reignited Sept. 9.

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Alberta Environment Minister Grant Hunter said landfill fire smoke poses low health risk for most Calgary residents.
The province deployed a mobile air-quality laboratory to monitor fine and coarse particulate matter.
PM2.5 from the smoke was the only pollutant exceeding Alberta’s ambient air quality guidelines.
The fire ignited Sept. 6 at ECCO Recycling’s former landfill, reignited Sept. 9.