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A haze in the air and the smell of smoke had many Kenosha residents searching for the fire Thursday morning.

But, according to the National Weather Service in Sullivan, they’d have a long walk to find it.

Meteorologists said the haze and smoke smell were coming from wildfires in Canada, carried south across Wisconsin by a cold front that passed through overnight.

“Northerly winds are bringing the temperature down and bringing the smoke along with it,” said Ben Herzog, a meteorologist with the Weather Service.

Herzog said the trail of smoke is clearly visible on satellite images.

“It’s pretty neat,” Herzog said. “It gives a really clear look” at the haze of smoke drifting south from Manitoba and Saskatchewan across northwest Wisconsin headed south toward Kenosha County, across Lake Michigan and into central Michigan.

By late morning, the smell and haze had started to dissipate.

Kenosha Fire Chief Chuck Leipzig said dispatchers have been fielding calls about the odor all morning. The U.S. Coast Guard even sent a crew out looking for a possible boat on fire when they noticed the smoke early this morning.