Smoke from wildfires has pushed the number of Spare the Air alerts for the Bay Area past previous annual records and the figure continues to climb, Bay Area Air Quality Management District officials said.
The previous record for alerts was 46 days in 2017, an air district spokesperson said. The Bay Area surpassed that on Friday with the 47th air alert this year.
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