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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +author: |
| 3 | +- Gail Roth |
| 4 | +authors: |
| 5 | +- Gail Roth |
| 6 | +customMessage: Wildfire smoke concentrations have reduced over the past |
| 7 | + 24 hours. Smoke may continue to be visible near active fires and in |
| 8 | + southeastern BC due to smoke from the Sunset fire in northern Idaho. |
| 9 | +date: 2025-08-16 |
| 10 | +ice: End |
| 11 | +lastWarning: 20315 |
| 12 | +location: Regions on Vancouver Island - Port Alberni and Comox Valley |
| 13 | + through Nanoose Bay |
| 14 | +params: |
| 15 | + customMessage: "`Custom message.`" |
| 16 | + ice: End |
| 17 | + lastWarning: 2025-02-10 |
| 18 | + location: Multiple locations in B.C. |
| 19 | + sel_aqMet: Sakshi Jain |
| 20 | + sel_healthAuth: |
| 21 | + - First Nations Health Authority |
| 22 | + - Northern Health |
| 23 | +sel_healthAuth: Vancouver Island Health Authority |
| 24 | +title: Air Quality Warning - Wildfire Smoke |
| 25 | +toc-title: Table of contents |
| 26 | +type: wildfire_smoke |
| 27 | +--- |
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| 46 | +::: |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +This Air Quality Warning for wildfire smoke that was last updated on |
| 49 | +August 15, 2025 has ended. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Wildfire smoke concentrations have reduced over the past 24 hours. Smoke |
| 52 | +may continue to be visible near active fires and in southeastern BC due |
| 53 | +to smoke from the Sunset fire in northern Idaho. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +Real-time air quality information is available on the [BC Air Quality |
| 56 | +website](https://gov.bc.ca/airqualityhealthindex). |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +# Contact information |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +**Media and public inquiries regarding air quality and the Air Quality |
| 61 | +Warning for wildfire smoke:** |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +{{< card_start width="wide" >}} |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +Gail Roth`<br />`{=html}Senior Air Quality |
| 66 | +Meteorologist`<br />`{=html}Ministry of Environment and |
| 67 | +Parks`<br />`{=html}250-645-9358 |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +{{< card_end >}} |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +**Media questions regarding health implications of wildfires:** |
| 72 | + |
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| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Vancouver Island Health Authority`<br />`{=html}Dominic Abassi: |
| 76 | +250-755-7966 (Dominic.abassi@viha.ca)`<br />`{=html}Andrew Leyne: |
| 77 | +250-370-8908 (Andrew.leyne@viha.ca)`<br />`{=html}After-hours media |
| 78 | +line: 250-716-7750`<br />`{=html} |
| 79 | + |
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