Rain fails to quell Canadian wildfires with more haze predicted

The skyline of Montreal is obscured by a haze of smog (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country in coming days after rain failed to fall in areas of Quebec where the fires are most active, officials said.

Drifting smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad stretches of Canada and the US, pushing into southern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and parts of West Virginia.