WILDFIRE SMOKE IN BAY AREA PROMPTS AIR QUALITY ADVISORY

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for Friday. The advisory is due to smoke from wildfires in the western U.S and Canada.

"An inversion layer combined with local pollution and residual smoke from fires in the western U.S. and Canada is impacting air quality in the Bay Area," the district said in a statement on Thursday afternoon. "As onshore winds increase this afternoon and Friday, air quality is expected to be good to moderate on the air quality index."

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