Thursday, October 27, 2016, is a code orange air quality forecast day for the valleys of Asheville and Buncombe County. Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Children, active adults, and those with heart or respiratory disease, including asthma, should limit outdoor activity. This also means that open burning will not be allowed tomorrow. Burning trash and other non-vegetative material is always prohibited.
The higher particulate pollution levels are being attributed to the Dick’s Creek wildfire in Jackson County.
For the ridge tops, it is a code green air quality forecast day for the ridgetops of Asheville and Buncombe County. No health impacts are expected when air quality is in this range.
WNC Regional Air Quality Agency
125 South Lexington Avenue, Suite 101
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828.250.6777
Air Quality Forecast for Thursday, 10/27/2016
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