North Carolinians sensitive to air pollution should exercise caution this week as a plume of smoke from wildfires in Canada comes back to the Tarheel state.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality has issued Code Orange Air Quality Action Day alerts for much of central and western North Carolina for Tuesday.
Code Orange on the Air Quality Index represents unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. Older adults, children of any age, and people with respiratory conditions such as asthma should limit prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
The Division is tentatively forecasting Code Yellow conditions for the entire state on Wednesday.
State law prohibits the open burning of residential yard waste or land clearing debris on Air Quality Action Days of Code Orange or above.
