Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 | 4:47 p.m.
Clark County air quality officials have issued an advisory for Friday through Sunday due to smoke arriving in the valley from a California wildfire.
The wildfires are burning 26 miles east of Santa Maria in Santa Barbara County and has grown to tens of thousands of acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
Smoke is made of small soot and dust particles and other pollutants that can aggravate respiratory diseases, the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management said.
At this time, unhealthy levels of air pollution are not expected to occur. Air quality officials are monitoring the air and will post an alert on the department's forecast page of unhealthy levels of smoke occur in the valley.
The link to the Web site is www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/daqem/Pages/index.aspx.
Children, the elderly and people with respiratory diseases are urged to stay indoors to avoid the smoke particles.
Individuals can receive free air quality forecasts and advisories by e-mail or text message through EnviroFlash. Subscription information is available at www.enviroflash.org.
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