After three days of smoky skies, folks in the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver areas can breathe easy once again.
The air-quality advisory that was in effect due to smoke from nearby wildfires has been cancelled.
Metro Vancouver Regional District ended the advisory on Tuesday, Aug. 22 after air quality had improved. The fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air-quality advisory was put in place on Saturday, Aug. 19.
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Although smoke had moved out of the area, it was still impacting other parts of the province and a change in the weather could once again bring wildfire smoke into our region, the regional district warned in a press release.
On Aug. 20 and Aug. 21, the air quality health index was at 10+ or 鈥榲ery high risk鈥� in the Eastern Fraser Valley. On Tuesday afternoon, that value had dropped to two, or 鈥榣ow risk.鈥�
Information about real-time air quality readings for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley communities and potential health impacts can be found at airmap.ca and .
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