Lizard Lake Fire Continues ~ Smoke Makes Its Way to Thetis

Ministry of Environment and Island Health have once again issued a smoky skies advisory. Although specific communities are listed in the advisory, please note that this applies to every community and every area throughout the region and beyond that is experiencing smoky skies!

Forest fire near Port Renfrew remains active and smoke is being transported into the Cowichan valley area.  Current PM concentrations at monitoring stations in the Cowichan Valley are high. Smoke modelling indicates the potential for some clearing during today but impacts are likely to reoccur this evening.

Please follow appropriate health precautions and reduce outside activities, especially those requiring physical exertion. 

We will keep you informed as new information becomes available.

Thank you to all who reported the heavy smoke smell this morning. We dodged the ash fallout (unlike Duncan) but with the cloud cover and wind direction we are getting the heavy forest-burning smoke here intermittently.

If you see an outdoor column of smoke here on Thetis, don't wait! Report it to 911 immediately.

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