UPDATE: Yakima County Burn Ban cancelled as of 9am, July 23, 2009
Effective 12:20 p.m. PST, Tuesday, July 21, 2009, until further notice. Deteriorating air quality conditions of increasing particulate content in the PM2.5 range, primariliy due to wildfires in Canada, outdoor burning and poor ventilation. Expect the current Stage 1 burn ban to extend until Friday and potentially into the weekend. Below is a graph of the 1 hour and 24 hour PM2.5 averages for the last couple of days. The graph below is publically available as a service of Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.
For more information contact David M. Caprile, Public Information/Education Officer, Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency, 329 North 1st Street, Yakima, WA 98901-2303, Voice: 509 834-2050 ext. 110, Fax: 509 834-2060, Email: david@yrcaa.org.
We make every effort to ensure that all burn ban announcements and restrictions are posted. Always call or visit your county and local clean air agency and check the DNR fire danger for the most current information.
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