Wood Smoke Stories

Asthma in a smoked-out smoke control area

There are three people living in our house with asthma. Just recently a lot of people have moved in around here from the cities, and have bought houses with chimneys. We live in Victorian terraces, in a smoke control area.

The air quality has fallen off a cliff. The trees hold the smoke and it gets into our house. I bought an air quality meter and the air is often at dangerous levels.

M.F.

More wood smoke stories

No break from smoke in the Bay Area
I would think they’d welcome the fresh air when we finally get it rather than immediately adding more smoke to the air.
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Constant smoke in Northwest England
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