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West Kootenay has worst wildfire smoke in B.C.

Trail, Nelson and Castlegar91裸聊视频檚 air quality was 91裸聊视频榟azardous91裸聊视频 Wednesday afternoon
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Elephant Mountain from the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce parking lot on Aug. 16. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Trail, Nelson and Castlegar were the most smoke-polluted communities in B.C. as of Wednesday afternoon.

IQAir, which measures air quality across the world, said Trail reached 374 on the air quality index (AQI), which the site categorizes as 91裸聊视频渉azardous.91裸聊视频 Nelson followed at 326, followed by Castlegar at 294 as of 3:30 p.m.

A score of zero to 50 is considered good quality by the website.

IQAir states the wildfire smoke level in Trail is 64.7 times the World Health Organization91裸聊视频檚 air quality guideline value.

Several Okanagan communities including Lumby, Vernon, Sicamous, Salmon Arm and West Kelowna were also listed as hazardous.

Environment Canada has issued an air quality alert for much of much of central and southeastern B.C.

91裸聊视频淲ildfire smoke can be harmful to everyone91裸聊视频檚 health even at low concentrations,91裸聊视频 the alert states. 91裸聊视频淓veryone can take action to reduce their exposure to wildfire smoke.91裸聊视频

The origins of the smoke appear to be fires in the South Okanagan and the Kamloops areas, according to the site .

In the Kootenays, there are two wildfires of note both in the East Kootenay: the Horsethief Creek blaze burning at 3,918.5 hectares and the Lladnar Creek at an estimated 1,200 hectares.

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