THEY’RE COMING IN TO TOWN AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MARKIN FE AND HIS TRACKING THE AIR QUALITY FOR US RIGHT NOW HOW THAT IS IT WELL, SO L IOOKED THI USP ON ON PURPLE AIR AND THIS IS RATHER. TELLING SOHI T ISS THE DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO AREA. WHO’S THE RIVER? THERE’S THE AMERICAN RIVER IN THE FIRE IS BURNING RIGHT HERE. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AIR QUALITY SENSORS IN THE MDLIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA NOTICE THERE IN THIS MAGENTAOL COR THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE 344 AND THE AQI SCALE FOR PARTICULATE MATTER TH AT’S OFF THE CHARTS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER INDICATION THAT THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE YOU GO OVER TO THE CAP CITY FREEWAY AND GO INTO EAST SAC. ALL OF THOSE ARE GREEN YOU GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER INTO WEST SACRAMENTO ALL OF THOSE ARE GREEN. UP 160 YOU CAN SEE ONE UP THERE. THAT IS GREEN. SO THEIR FE IS BURNING RIGHT HERE. HERE’S THE CONCENTRATION OF SMOKE GOING RIGHT OVER THE DOTOWNWN CORRIDOR, BUT AGAIN, IT’S NOT GETTING INTO THE AREAS LIKE EAST SACRAMENTO. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN INDICATION THAT THIS REALLY IS A BAD AIR QUALIT BY,UT CONFINED TO THE THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN UTSOH O TFHE RAILYARDS BASICALLY RIGHT WHERE WELL OUR STUDIO IS, BUT THEY’RE ALSO A LOT OFOL FKS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. SO IF YOU DO LIVE IN THIS AREA, YEAH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RLLEAY THAT AIR QUALITY THE WIND THAT WE HAVE WILL EVENTUALLYIL DUTE THE SMOKE AS SOON AS THIS FIRE DOES GO OUT AS THIS WO’'T BE A LONG-LASTING SITUATION, BUT YOU DO WANT TO HAVE THE WINDOWS CLOSED RIGHT NOW HAVE THE AC ON HAVE THAT AIR FILTERED AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BECAUSE YEAH RIGHT W
Smoky Sacramento grass fires lead to unhealthy air quality downtown
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Updated: 5:42 PM PDT May 20, 2022
Multiple small grass fires in downtown Sacramento have led to extremely poor air conditions in the area.Residents are advised to keep their windows closed and air conditioning on while there is a concentration of smoke in downtown Sacramento. A grass fire sparked around 3:50 p.m. at North 7th and B streets in the Railyards area, affecting nearby areas.According to KCRA 3 Chief Meteorologist Mark Finan, the smoke is confined to the downtown corridor and is not affecting areas past downtown. Air quality sensors from Purple Air have picked up very high levels of air particulate matter, stemming from the fire.Amid gusty conditions and low humidity, several other small grass fires sparked across Northern California, including in Yolo and Yuba counties.| RELATED | 2022 Northern California wildfire resources: Where to find county evacuation info, maps, alerts and more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Multiple small grass fires in downtown Sacramento have led to extremely poor air conditions in the area.
Residents are advised to keep their windows closed and air conditioning on while there is a concentration of smoke in downtown Sacramento. A grass fire sparked around 3:50 p.m. at North 7th and B streets in the Railyards area, affecting nearby areas.
According to KCRA 3 Chief Meteorologist Mark Finan, the smoke is confined to the downtown corridor and is not affecting areas past downtown.
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Air quality sensors from Purple Air have picked up very high levels of air particulate matter, stemming from the fire.
Amid gusty conditions and low humidity, several other small grass fires sparked across Northern California, including in Yolo and Yuba counties.
| RELATED | 2022 Northern California wildfire resources: Where to find county evacuation info, maps, alerts and more
