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Vancouver air quality listed as unhealthy for sensitive groups

The Southwest Clean Air Agency issued a burn ban in Clark County and air quality advisories for nearby Cowlitz and Lewis counties.

By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: November 15, 2018, 7:56am

The Washington Department of Ecology says the air quality is unhealthy in Vancouver. That’s due, in part, to smoke from wildfires in California that settled over the area.

According to the department’s monitoring site at Northeast 84th Avenue, the air is slightly above being unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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