Air quality from wildfire smoke hits dangerous levels in cities across B.C., as smoke heads west

2021-07-31 Editor

Children play on the Hot Sands Beach near the Okanagan Lake with low visibility of William R. Bennett Bridge amid heavy wildfire smoke on July 30, 2021.

For days, thick smoke has blanketed Kootenay and Okanagan cities, reaching levels considered dangerous. Now, Metro Vancouver is bracing for that smoke to reach the coast.