Friday has been declared a Spare the Air Day in the Bay Area, the second time this week that stagnant conditions have led to a prohibition on indoor and outdoor burning.
The 24-hour ban, which takes effect at midnight, covers all open fires that burn wood, manufactured fire logs or other solid fuel. It applies to fireplaces, woodstoves, pellet stoves and outdoor fire pits.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District also declared a Spare the Air Day on Tuesday.
Weather forecasters are predicting a relatively calm day Friday, good conditions for trapping the fine particulates in wood smoke that can cause health problems for people with asthma and lung and heart disease.
There is a small chance of rain over the North Bay late Friday, but any precipitation is expected to be light and will not be accompanied by winds that can clear away air pollution.
The burning ban is in effect for Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, along with southern Sonoma and southwestern Solano counties.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
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