Wednesday is a Spare The Air Day, No Wood Burning Allowed

By: Sylvia Ramirez - Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:34:41 -0800

(BCN) -- While chilly temperatures are expected to continue Wednesday, the  Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the season's fourth  Winter Spare the Air Alert, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices to  keep warm.

For 24 hours, the district is banning wood and synthetic log  burning, both indoors and outdoors. Pollution levels are expected to reach  unhealthy levels in the Bay Area this weekend, prompting the alert.
      
"It's essential that Bay Area residents refrain from burning wood  during this alert so we have cleaner air to breathe," said Jack Broadbent,  executive officer of the air district.
      
The alert prohibits residents and businesses from using  fireplaces, woodstoves, pellet stoves, outdoor fire pits or any other  wood-burning devices for the duration of the ban.
      
Fines will be levied for violations, with first-time violators  being given the option to take a wood smoke awareness class in lieu of paying  a fine. Second violations will result in a $500 ticket.
      
The Winter Spare the Air season runs from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28.
      
For more information, go to www.sparetheair.org or call the  toll-free hotline at (877) 4-NO-BURN.

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