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Canada

Heavy satellite-observed smoke area centered at 52.901°N, 121.067°W — Near Barkerville, BC, Canada

Reported by NOAA HMS Smoke Detection

NOAA HMS classified the satellite-observed smoke area near Barkerville, British Columbia, as heavy density. The source states this is not a ground-level air-quality measurement or health alert.

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  • Affected location: Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada
Barkerville as seen from Williams Creek, through the 2018 BC wildfire smoke. No colour adjustment was applied to this image. This is an accurate representation of the effect the wildfire smoke had on central BC.
Illustrative image: Barkerville as seen from Williams Creek, through the 2018 BC wildfire smoke. No colour adjustment was applied to this image. This is an accurate representation of the effect the wildfire smoke had on central BC. — Bubblenymph/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The observation describes smoke extent, not ground-level air quality or a health alert.

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
2/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Urgency
2/10

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