The air quality is expected to reach unhealthy levels on Saturday, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
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People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and the very young should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion when outdoors.
Some of the smoke, according to Schmitt, is coming from the Wildhorse Point Fire, burning south of Huson.
The agency has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Rhode Island except for Providence County.
Some rain on Friday fell around the state’s biggest fire, which has burned almost 21 square miles in Glacier.
Wildfires continue to pop up across the state, spreading ash and smoke across the region, but what does that mean for our air quality?
Weather forecasters said sunny skies, light winds and warm temperatures will combine to elevate ozone levels into the unhealthy-for-sensitive-groups range. Bullitt… Oldham… Clark… and Floyd counties, the forecast for air quality index to top the 100 mark goes out much further. Air quality in Missoula, Frenchtown, and Butte was listed as unhealthy, and air quality in Libby and Flathead Valley is now unhealthy for sensitive groups.
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Nevin agreed with her friend’s assessment that conditions were not “ideal”.
