Personal wood smoke stories

…The first winter they burnt kitchen cabinets, old furniture, chipboard, plywood, painted wood, fence panels etc…

I spent a lot of time outside gardening and enjoying clean country air until our new neighbors moved in next door.…

Here we have smoke from other people’s wood fires for most of the day for at least 8 months of the year..

…Our neighbor burns a firepit despite being told of our health problems. They say it’s only smoke and the fire dept says they can…

…More than a dozen smoking chimneys are in the area, from none ~3 yrs ago.…

We could finally afford to buy our dream home in Alberta but were driven out by neighbours’ wood smoke…

…Long after he stops burning for the season, my house, coated in smoke, reeks.

…I have just bought a $3,000 purifier that I cannot afford but I cannot endure the next 5 months without one…

…I can’t take much more of this! My husband died from a brain tumor and I have had breast cancer.

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How is wood smoke affecting you?