A prescribed burn that started Thursday morning in China Camp State Park northeast of San Rafael has created a haze of smoke hanging over San Francisco Bay that is drifting into other parts of the region.
MARIN COUNTY -- A prescribed burn that started Thursday morning in China Camp State Park has created a haze of smoke hanging over San Francisco Bay that is drifting into other parts of the region.KPIX Weather Center: Current conditions, alerts, maps for your areaThe Marin County Fire Department issued an advisory about the burn, which was the second day of a prescribed burn scheduled to last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Authorities advised the community to refrain from calling 911 to report smoke from the burn area, but weather conditions made the smoke cover a much larger area than anticipated, creating a far wider impact in Marin County and San Francisco. The smell of smoke was prevalent downtown near the KPIX studio.While a Spare the Air Alert was not issued, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District posted about the impact the burn was having on the area shortly before 4 p.m.
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