Syracuse, N.Y. -- Smoke streaming in from still-burning wildfires in Canada will lead to unhealthy air quality today across Upstate New York.

The air quality index, a measure of fine airborne particles that can burrow deep into lungs, will be just above 100 today, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

That pushes the air quality into the category of “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”

Those groups, according to DEC, include “children and teens, the elderly, pregnant people, those with lung or heart conditions, asthmatics, those who exercise or work outdoors, and those in disadvantaged communities.”

An air quality advisory was issued on Sunday, too.

More than 200 fires are burning in Canada, according to Natural Resources Canada. Of those, 59 fires are out

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