Canadian Forest Fire smoke is seen from a WGN camera at Three Oaks Recreation in Crystal Lake. Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Wind turbines are barely visible through a grey haze past power lines and behind a soybean field on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 in DeKalb. Wind currents carried smoke from Canadian wildfires down through our region. Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Vehicles travel along I-88 through a grey haze that smelled of smoke on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 in DeKalb. Wind currents carried smoke from Canadian wildfires down through our region.

DEKALB — Smoke from forest fires in Canada created quite a stir Thursday morning when it settled across northern Illinois.

A spokesperson from the National Weather Service said the smoke seems to be coming from forest fires in Canada because of the current direction of air flow.