Air quality alert issued for sensitive groups in Columbus, Delaware, Newark, Lancaster

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an air quality alert for Sunday for central Ohio, including Franklin, Delaware, Licking and Fa...

July 23, 2023
1:34 AM

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has issued an air quality alert for Sunday for central Ohio, including Franklin, Delaware, Licking and Fairfield counties. Cities in the alert area include Delaware, Columbus, Newark, Lancaster and Pickerington. Per its reading of the nationalĀ  Air Quality Index , the commission predicts that Sunday's air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. TheĀ alert comes on the heels of multiple air quality alerts issued during the past month that have been attributed to drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires.

Grace Tucker