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Wildfire smoke from Alaska drifting to South Cariboo area

Cariboo Fire Centre confirms there is a bit of smoke in that haze
Monica Lamb-Yorski
Monica Lamb-Yorski
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The website Firesmoke shows what fires smoke is originating from and where it is flowing due to weather patterns.

Although it has been rainy and overcast fairly consistently, the Cariboo Fire Centre confirmed Friday there is some smoke in the mix.

“The smoke that you are seeing is coming from Alaska and due to the weather patterns is causing smoke to drift into our region,” CFC fire information officer Jessica Mack told Black Press.

Mack said residents make find the website Firesmoke helpful as it displays where smoke is originating from.


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Monica Lamb-Yorski

About the Author: Monica Lamb-Yorski

A B.C. gal, I was born in Alert Bay, raised in Nelson, graduated from the University of Winnipeg, and wrote my first-ever article for the Prince Rupert Daily News.
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