WARSAW — Wildfire smoke that moved across the Midwest Thursday, causing significant health concerns, is expected to begin dissipating in north central Indiana by late Friday morning. 

An air quality alert issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect across northern Indiana until midnight.

The National Weather Service predicts smoke will begin to dissipate by around 10 a.m.

Overnight, airnow.gov, which tracks air quality by zip code, listed the air quality in Warsaw as very unhealthy. 

The smoke darkened skies Thursday from the Great Lakes to the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous. 

Officials in many cities urged residents to remain inside or wear masks outside as air quality reached unhealthy and hazardous levels.

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