Smoke from a massive wildfire in Canada has been drifting through Connecticut and it has prompted air quality warnings from several local communities.

The smoke has forced thousands of people in Nova Scotia to leave their homes.

The Fairfield Fire Department says they had to send out trucks 10 times for people who thought there was a fire in their neighborhood because of all the smoke.

"When you have severe brush fires, the way the air currents work and the low pressure system will hold the atmosphere down we will get that type of smoke coming in and people will swear there is a fire close to them when it is just the sole being pushed down in the atmosphere," said assistant police chief Patrick Barry.

When News 12 Connecticut arrived in Fairfield around 4 p.m., it was especially thick near the fire station on Jennings Road.

Experts say if you do feel like the smoke is making it hard to breathe, the best thing to do is to stay inside.