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Metro Vancouver and B.C. health officials are extending the air quality advisory issued on Wednesday until this weekend. Winds are carrying fine soot particles from forest fires into the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and the Sea to Sky corridor, prompting warnings to people with health concerns to avoid strenuous exercise outdoors.
More than 400 wildfires are burning across the province and firefighters are actively working to contain about 100 of them. Air quality readings for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are in the moderate range - five on a scale of ten, with ten being the worst.
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Source: CBC
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