The Maine Department of Environmental Protection`s Bureau of Air Quality has issued an Air Quality Alert for particle pollution.

According to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, ground-level particle pollution concentrations are expected to reach the ‘Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups’ (USG) level in the Eastern Interior and Mid-Coast Regions for today and tomorrow according to Air Quality Meteorologists at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

The Maine DEP said particle pollution in the smoke could reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, such as children and people with respiratory problems.

An air quality alert has been issued in parts of Maine due to smoke from the still-burning fire at a trash facility in Orrington.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says smoke from the fire in Orrington is causing high particle pollution levels.

An air quality alert has been issued as a fire continues to burn at an Orrington trash facility. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued the alert, as smoke from the fire settles in Midcoast and Downeast Maine, leading to poor air quality.

H Clean up continues at a waste-to-energy facility in Orrington after a large fire there Wednesday. Company officials saying it was the former owners improper disposal of 8000 tons of solid waste that is to blame for the fire.