The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Wednesday for Southern, Central and Northeastern Oregon due to smoke from fires in Oregon and Northern California.
Central Oregon is blanketed in a smoky haze tonight as smoke from out-of-area wildfires settled across the high desert. Bend, La Pine, Sunriver and Sisters are all in the “unhealthy” air quality range and Prineville and Madras are currently in the “moderate” range.
For those observing the large smoke plume visible throughout much of Central Oregon, smoke is continuing to enter Central Oregon from northern California. The Lava and Tennant fires near Mt. Lassen continue to burn and contribute large amounts of smoke, as shown in the GOES satellite image below. Residents may also be observing lesser amounts of localized smoke from several of the fires that are burning across the region. Currently, air quality remains “good” across the region.
Residents may be observing smoke today that is entering the Central Oregon region from the Lava and Tennant Fires near Mt. Shasta in northern California.
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