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Uploaded: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 2:11 PM
Another Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday
Alert calls for 24-hour ban on wood-burning devices
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued its fifth Winter Spare the Air alert for Thursday, Jan. 17, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices.
This is the second consecutive day such an alert has been issued.
The alert calls for a 24-hour ban on burning wood and synthetic logs, both indoors and outdoors, as pollution levels are expected to reach unhealthy levels throughout the region this weekend.
Residents and businesses are prohibited from using fireplaces, woodstoves, outdoor fire pits and any other wood-burning devices for the duration of the ban. First-time violators will be given the option to take a wood-smoke-awareness class instead of paying a fine. Second violations will result in a $500 ticket.
The Winter Spare the Air season runs from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28. More information is available at www.sparetheair.org or at the toll-free hotline at (877) 4-NO-BURN.— Bay City News Service Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by vfree, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood, on Jan 17, 2013 at 2:43 pm Seriously, California is broke and we still pay for The Bay Area Air Quality Management District to tell us when it's OK to have a fire?
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Posted by kman, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Jan 22, 2013 at 1:58 pm Just another way for the government to bully it's people. Definitely agree with you vfree, another useless government agency.
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